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Second Ostend Raid: 9-10 May 1918
Second Ostend Raid: 9-10 May 1918
The second raid on Ostend in May 1918 was a follow up operation to that carried out in April that year. The aim was to sink block ships (HMS Vindictive and HMS Sappho) in Ostend Harbour in order to bottle up German forces. Three VCs were awarded to those who took part in the operation but it was a failure. This community remembers those who took part.
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Born 1897
Royal Navy F/12853 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V)
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Born 1896
Royal Navy SD 3146 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3146 S.D. Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
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Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy J79755 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I
Royal Navy Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 19056 DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve, HM Coastal Motor Boat 254
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Born 1894
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant HM Coastal Motor Boat No. 25
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy J10611 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges
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Born 1885
Died 1958
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about Rowland Richard Louis Bourke -
Born 1895
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS New Zealand
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More about Albert Lawrence Poland -
Born 1893
Died 1983
Royal Navy M1111 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vindictive
Royal Navy M1111 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy M1111 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vindictive
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Born 1893
Died 1918
Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Warwick
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman
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More about Frederick Hugh Geoffrey Trumble -
Born 1897
Died 1960
Royal Navy F/13014 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard ML 105 on 10 May 1918
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Born 1884
Died 1918
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Hannibal
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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More about Alfred Edmund Godsal -
Born 1879
Died 1939
Royal Navy Vice Admiral
Royal Navy Vice-Admiral
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
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More about Reginald St Pierre Parry -
Born 1882
Royal Navy Engineer Commander
Royal Navy Engineer Commander HMS Vindictive
More about William Archibald Bury -
Born 1894
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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Born 1897
Royal Navy M6218 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Royal Sovereign
Royal Navy M6218 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Royal Sovereign
Royal Navy M6218 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vindictive
More about Herbert Alfred Harris