A Coloured Bermudian in the North Sea Disaster

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  1. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    I started with this newspaper clipping ..... and then found this ...... I'm pretty sure this is the right man ..... could anybody add anything else please !

    (H.M.S. Aboukir, was hit by a single torpedo and sank 22nd Sept 1914.)

    SMITH, Officer's Cook 1st Class, WILLIAM EDMUND, L/1874. Royal Navy. Age 22. Son of William F. and Emma J. Smith, of Sandy's Parish, Bermuda, British West Indies. 7.

    http://www.clarke-rowland.freeserve.co.uk/AboukirRoll.htm

    In Memory of
    Officer's Cook 1st Class WILLIAM EDMUND SMITH

    L/1874, H.M.S. "Aboukir.", Royal Navy
    who died age 22
    on 22 September 1914
    Son of William F. and Emma J. Smith, of Sandy's Parish, Bermuda, British West Indies.

    Remembered with honour
    CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

    Annie :)
     

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