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H.M.S. 'Newmarket' 17th July 1917
H.M.S. 'Newmarket' 17th July 1917
An auxiliary minesweeper of 833 tons, formerly owned by the Great Eastern Railway Company, 'Newmarket' was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine 'UC-38' on 17th July 1917, south of Nikaria Island in the Aegean Sea. 70 lives were lost.
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Born 1867
Died 1917
Royal Navy 121075 (R.F.R. Portsmouth A.1572 Petty Officer 1st Class Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Newmarket"
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Born 1898
Died 1917
Royal Navy J65610 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Newmarket"
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Born 1877
Died 1917
Royal Navy 176472 Able Seaman H.M.S. Newmarket
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Born 1867
Died 1917
Royal Navy U 840 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 840V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Newmarket."
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Born 1874
Died 1917
Royal Navy U 1502 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1502U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Newmarket."
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Born 1870
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 870478 (Dev) Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve
Other Empire Force 870478 (Dev) Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Newmarket"
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Born 1880
Died 1917
Royal Navy 1650 U (Portsmouth) Stoker Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Newmarket"
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Died 1917
Royal Navy Chief Cook Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Newmarket"
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Born 1875
Died 1917
Royal Navy 2016T (Chatham) Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. 'Newmarket', Royal Naval Reserve
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