Biographical Data
Bottrill, Herbert If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Signalman (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-6457

 

Birth	14/01/1899	Death	06/01/1920
Place	Hamilton	Place	Hamilton
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He was living in Hamilton ON at the time of his recruitment into the navy. He died after the war of nephritis at Brant Hospital and was buried in the Hamilton Cemetery, section S116. He was the son of Arthur & Maria Bottrill of 180 Cumberland Avenue, Hamilton ON.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNCVR. He was appointed as a Signalman RNCVR. He served in HMCS Niobe. (He died on active service).

 

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References
http://cefresearch.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=10247&start=15; http://hamiltonnaval.ca/h-m-c-s-star/early-history/royal-naval-canadian-volunteer-reserve-rncvr/; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/425540/herbert-bottrill/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2016-02-09 00:00:00

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