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R.M.S. Leinster - casualties
R.M.S. Leinster - casualties
R.M.S. "Leinster" was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, on the morning of 10th October 1918. The ship was travelling from Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales. Three torpedoes were fired at the ship by a German submarine, UB-123. The first torpedo missed, but the second hit the mail room, and the third hit the engine room. There were over 770 people on board, comprising crew, civilians, military personnel (including medical staff of doctors and nurses), and postal sorters. It is now thought that of these, there were over 550 casualties. This community remembers some of the casualties of the sinking.
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Born 1887
Died 1918
British Army 133460 Driver Royal Field Artillery
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Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Territorial Force
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 86273
Canadian Expeditionary Force 86273 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery
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Born 1879
Died 1918
British Army 30171 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army 30171 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
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Died 1918
British Army 1933 Private South Lancashire Regiment
British Army 240318 Private South Lancashire Regiment
British Army 240318 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1918
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
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Born 1883
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
More about William John Brennan -
Born 1884
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
More about Thomas Joseph Bolster -
Born 1857
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine - "Leinster"
Other Empire Force Captain R.M.S. "Leinster" Mercantile Marine
More about William Birch -
Died 1918
British Army Nursing Member Voluntary Aid Detachment
More about Dorothy May Jones -
Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
More about Douglas Gilbert Hayward Aldworth -
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Died 1918
Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment
More about Margaret Dillon -
Born 1856
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Civilian RMS Leinster sinking
More about Rev. John Robert Bartley -
Born 1869
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Merchant Navy (Mercantile Marine)
Other Empire Force Fourth Engineer Officer Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Leinster" (Dublin)
More about John David Crispin -
Born 1892
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Sutton Veney Military Hospital, Wiltshire
More about Anna Maud Grene Barry -
Born 1887
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
More about Charles Joseph Archer -
Born 1890
Died 1918
British Army 11509 Private Royal Fusiliers 28th Battalion
British Army TR/10/61087 Private Royal Fusiliers 28th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers
More about Harry Bentley -
Born 1885
Died 1918
British Army 3791 Private West Yorkshire Regiment
British Army 72238 Private Royal Defence Corps
More about Joseph Barraclough -
Born 1882
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
More about John Dewar