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 1882
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
Born 1890
Died 1918
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
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
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Nurse Isolation Hospital, Mitcham
Born 1856
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Civilian RMS Leinster sinking
Born 1894
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 86273
Canadian Expeditionary Force 86273 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery
Born 1884
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Born 1884
Died 1918
British Army Nurse
Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment
Born 1887
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Foreign Service - GPO
Born 1869
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Merchant Navy (Mercantile Marine)
Other Empire Force Fourth Engineer Officer Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Leinster" (Dublin)
Born 1896
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine: S.S. "Leinster" (Dublin)
Born 1883
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy G4985
Royal Navy Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment
Born 1882
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)