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VICTIMS


Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)

Private

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NAME: ARTHUR BINKS
SERVICE NUMBER: 33642
GRAVE: Pireaus Naval & Consular Cemetery, Drapetsona, Greece
MEMORIAL: -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Pickhill, Yorkshire. Died on the HMS HEROIC before arriving at Pireaus.


Private

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NAME: GEORGE JAMES BOSTOCK
SERVICE NUMBER: 81292
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Nottingham. Son of William and Elizabeth Bostock, of Nottingham. Husband of Ada Bostock of Sneinton Dale, Nottingham. Transferred to the BRITANNIC on Sep.26, 1916. [source: CWGC]

Lieutenant (posthumously promoted to Captain)

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NAME: JOHN CROPPER, M.D.
SERVICE NUMBER: -
SOURCE: Simon Mills collection
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Mikra Memorial (Salonika, Greece)
2) Caerwent War Memorial (Monmouthshire, UK)
3) Memorial inside the Parish Church of St. Stephen & St. Tathan (Caerwent, Monmouthshire, UK)

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Private

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NAME: HENRY FREEBURY
SERVICE NUMBER: 52640
SOURCE: Michail Michailakis collection
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece
2) Village Cross Memorial, Misterton, Nottighamshire, United Kingdom
3) Methodist Chapel War Memorial, Misterton, Nottighamshire, United Kingdom

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Private

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NAME: THOMAS JONES
SERVICE NUMBER: 84010
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Birkenhead, Merseyside.

Private

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NAME: GEORGE WILLIAM KING
SERVICE NUMBER: 41692
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS : 
1) Mikra Memorial (Salonika, Greece) 
2) War Memorial at Mill Lane Hospital (Wallasey, Cheshire, UK)
3) Emmanuel C. of E. Church, New Brighton
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Liscard, Cheshire. Son of Herbert and Sarah King, New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire. Wounded in France in 1916. Aged 24 at the time of his death. [source: Merseyside Roll Of Honour] 

Serjeant

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NAME: WILLIAM SHARPE
SERVICE NUMBER: 12423
GRAVE: New British Cemetery, Syros island, Greece
MEMORIAL: Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece

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Private

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NAME: LEONARD SMITH
SERVICE NUMBER: 40213
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Wellington, Shropshire.

Private

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NAME: WILLIAM STONE 
SERVICE NUMBER: 35188
SOURCE: Michail Michailakis collection
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Mikra Memorial, Salonika, Greece
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: He was born at Walsall, Staffordshire. Son of Harry and Polly Stone, of 17, Dudley St., Walsall; husband of Anna Wilks (formerly Stone). He was one of the 30 fatalities of the sinking and his body was never recovered. He was 23 years old at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]



Mercantile Marine

Trimmer

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NAME: ROBERT CHARLES BABEY
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Son of the late Robert Charles and Elizabeth Babey, Hook Lane, Warsash, Southampton. Aged 24 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Fireman

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NAME: JOSEPH BROWN
GRAVE: Pireaus Naval & Consular Cemetery, Drapetsona, Greece
MEMORIAL: -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Manchester. His body was collected by the french tug GOLIATH during the rescue operations. Husband of Ellen Brown, Southampton. Aged 41 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Butcher 4th Class

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NAME: THOMAS ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
2) Seaforth and Waterloo Civic Memorial
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Higher Tranmere. Son of Elizabeth Jane Crawford and the late Thomas Archibald Crawford. Aged 27 at the time of his death. [sources: CWGC, Merseyside Roll Of Honour]

Trimmer

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NAME: ARTHUR DENNIS
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Son of Arthur and Emily Dennis, Mansbridge Cottages, Southampton. Aged 20 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Fireman

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NAME: FRANK JOSEPH EARLEY
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Southampton. Son of Catherine and the late William Earley; husband of Mary Ann Earley, Southampton. Aged 47 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Steward

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NAME: CHARLES CLAUDE SEYMOUR GARLAND
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Bristol. Son of Annie Romie Garland and the late Alfred Garland. Aged 33 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Scullion

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NAME: LEONARD GEORGE
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Southampton. Aged 15 at the time of his death. Son of Thomas and Catherine Elizabeth George (nee Groves), Southampton. [source: CWGC]

2nd Electrician

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NAME: POWNALL GILLESPIE
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
2) Wallasey Civic Memorial (Hospital), United Kingdom
3) Wallasey Grammar School, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Liverpool. Son of Alice Matilda Gillespie (nee Griffiths) and the late William Gillespie, Liscard, Cheshire. Aged 34 at the time of his death. [source: Merseyside Roll Of Honour]

Fireman

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NAME: GEORGE WILLIAM GODWIN
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Dorset. Son of James and the late Ellen Godwin; husband of Charlotte Dorothy Madeline Godwin (nee Woods), Southampton. Aged 28 at the time of his death.[source: CWGC]

Seaman

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NAME: GEORGE HONEYCOTT
GRAVE: Pireaus Naval & Consular Cemetery, Drapetsona, Greece
MEMORIAL: -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Southampton (1899). Married to Alice Martin (1913) and had 2 children, George Edward (1914-1919) and Kathleen May (1915-1945). Arrived at Pireaus alive but died of his wounds at the Russian Hospital during the night. Aged 27 at the time of his death.

2nd Baker

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NAME: WALTER JENKINS
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Egremont, Cheshire. Son of the late William and Margaret Jenkins; husband of Edith Jenkins (nee Bates), Liverpool. Aged 39 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Assistant Cook

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NAME: THOMAS McDONALD (served as T. TAYLOR)
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Son of Mary Taylor (formerly McDonald), Liverpool. Aged 24 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Fireman

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NAME: JOHN G. McFEAT
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Southampton. Son of Jane and the late Mr. McFeat; husband of Ellen Louisa McFeat (nee Lewis), Southampton. Aged 27 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Trimmer

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NAME: CHARLES JAMES DAVID PHILLIPS
GRAVE: Pireaus Naval & Consular Cemetery, Drapetsona, Greece
MEMORIAL: -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Son of Joseph and Bessie Phillips, Bursledon, Hampshire. Died on the HMS HEROIC before arriving at Pireaus. Aged 23 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Fireman

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NAME: GEORGE BRADBURY PHILPS
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Alton, Hampshire. Son of Harriett and the late Edward Philps; husband of Emily Louisa Philps (nee Rose), Southampton. Aged 41 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Steward

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NAME: JAMES PATRICK RICE
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom 
2) Civic Memorials (Bootle, Merseyside, UK) 
3) St.James' R.C. Church (Bootle, Merseyside, UK) 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Bootle, Merseyside. Son of James and Margaret (nee Burns), Bootle. In 1911 James Patrick was working as a shop assistant in a bakery but by 1914 he had started working at sea. He was 22 when he lost his life on the BRITANNIC. Marking the second anniversary of his death, his family sent this touching memorial notice in the Bootle Times (November 22, 1918): "Two years have passed, Our hearts still sore; As time rolls on, We miss him more." [source: Merseyside Roll Of Honour]

Greaser

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NAME: GEORGE SHERIN
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Southampton. Son of the late Joseph and Caroline Sherin; husband of Emily Sherin (nee Pearce), Southampton. Aged 42 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Fireman

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NAME: WILLIAM SMITH
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born in London. Aged 29 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Steward

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NAME: HENRY JAMES TOOGOOD
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIAL: Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Born at Southampton. Son of the late James and Henrietta Toogood; husband of Caroline Toogood (formerly Ramsey, nee Davis), Southampton. Aged 48 at the time of his death. [source: CWGC]

Steward

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NAME: THOMAS FRANCIS TULLY
SOURCE: Bootle Times (November 22, 1916)
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Tower Hill Memorial, London, United Kingdom 
2) Civic Memorials (Bootle, Merseyside, UK) 
3) St.James' R.C. Church (Bootle, Merseyside, UK) 

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Trimmer

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NAME: PERCIVAL WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE
GRAVE: Lost at sea
MEMORIALS: 
1) Tower Hill Memorial, London (United Kingdom) 
2) Memorial Wall on the Cenotaph at Watts Park, Southampton, UK).

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