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Forrest, John Riddell If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Ordinary Seaman (RNCVR) |
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Official Number | VR-4098 |
Birth | 21/11/1897 | Death | 29/01/1918 |
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Place | (nk) | Place | (At sea) Dover Straits |
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Country | (nk) | Country | (At sea) Dover Straits |
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He was a fireman at the time of his recruitment into the navy. |
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He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNCVR. He served in the hired Trawler Minesweeper HMS Drumtochty was mined and sunk in the Dover Straits 1918. (He died on active service). |
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http://www.naval-history.net/; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=14169&; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021527/john-riddell-forrest/ (website viewed 28/05/2023); |
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2015-11-17 04:08:11 |