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HMS Laurentic
HMS Laurentic
HMS Laurentic struck two mines on 25 January 1917 and sank with the loss of 354 of its 722 officers and men. The ship was bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia and was carrying around £5 million in gold bullion.
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Born 1897
Died 1917
Royal Navy Z/2197 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy London Z/2197 Able Seaman HMS "LAURENTIC"
More about Albert John Wisdom -
Born 1890
Died 1917
Royal Navy A 3467 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3476. A Royal Naval Division *mistake in RND records
Royal Navy 3467. A Seaman Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion
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More about Angus Mcdonald -
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about William Alfred Mcneill -
Born 1889
Died 1917
Royal Navy Civilian Storekeeper 1st Class H.M. Dockyard Devonport, H.M.S. "Laurentic"
More about Ernest Frederick Ball -
Born 1888
Royal Navy 231949
Royal Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Royal Navy, HMS Laurentic
More about Robert Thompson Ewing -
Born 1894
Died 1917
Royal Navy 1547 Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/485 Private Ambulance
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about Laurence Wellington Bell -
Born 1888
Died 1917
Royal Navy B 5317 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1594A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5317B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about Frederick John Abbott -
Born 1883
Died 1917
Royal Navy B 3636 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy B/3636 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
Royal Navy 3636B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about James Burns -
Born 1896
Died 1917
Royal Navy DA 10521 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1672X Seaman Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 10521/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about Maxwell Abbott -
Born 1893
Died 1917
Royal Navy A 5077 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5077A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about John Buckley -
Born 1876
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 889166 Blacksmith's Mate Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Laurentic"
More about Edward Bower -
Born 1890
Died 1917
Royal Navy A 2616 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy A/2616 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
Royal Navy 2616A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about Thomas Archibald Birkenhead -
Born 1875
Died 1917
Royal Navy 157842 (R.F.R.Dev. B.957.) (Dev.) Petty Officer 1st Class H.M.S. "Laurentic"
More about Charles Bartlett -
Born 1884
Died 1917
Royal Navy Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Engineer Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about James Robert Brown -
Born 1887
Died 1917
Royal Navy Temporary Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about Freund Beaumont -
Born 1889
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about George Edmund Rangecroft Browne -
Born 1875
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 597155 Steward Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Laurentic"
More about Thomas Beesley -
Born 1897
Died 1917
Royal Navy 18693 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Royal Navy PLY/18693 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Laurentic
More about Alfred Atkinson -
Born 1895
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 897504 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve
Other Empire Force 897504 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Laurentic'
More about William Allen -
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 750721 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve
Other Empire Force 750721 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Laurentic
More about Thomas Mcgarry