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Zeebrugge memorial plaque from the vessel "Iris"
Zeebrugge memorial plaque from the vessel "Iris"
The "Iris", a passenger ferry across the Mersey, was commandeered during the Great War. It was used as a landing craft in the raid on Zeebrugge, along with its sister ship "Daffodil". It was named "HMS Iris II" and survived the war. A memorial plaque, bearing the names of those who were on the Iris on the night of 22/23 April 1918 and who died at Zeebrugge, was mounted on the vessel. When it was scrapped, the memorial was given to the IWM, and it has in identifier of FEQ 91
http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2419
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Born 1896
Died 1918
Royal Navy 19762 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/19762 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy CH/19897 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1918
Royal Navy J9935
Royal Navy J/9935 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J/9935 Able Seaman HMS Ajax
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Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy 19258 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/19258 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
Royal Navy CH/19258 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Zebrugge Battalion
More about Reginald Charles Earl Gatehouse -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy J/33465 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J/33465 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror
Royal Navy J/33465 Boy 1st Class HMS Conqueror
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More about William Leonard Sutherland -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy J/26466 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J/26466 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror
Royal Navy J26466 Ordinary Seaman HMS Conqueror
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More about Thomas George Stone -
Born 1895
Died 1918
Royal Navy 17836 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/17836 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Chatham Battalion
Royal Navy CH/17836 Private RMLI HMS Lowestoft
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More about Stanley James -
Born 1885
Died 1918
Royal Navy 13569 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy 13569 Private HMS Intrepid
Royal Navy CH/13569 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about George Thomas West -
Born 1895
Died 1918
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about Sydney Hope Elsdale Inskip -
Born 1886
Died 1918
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Iris II
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sublieutenant
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More about George Spencer -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy 19349 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/19349 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about Frederick Thomas Swan -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy J/25311 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J/25311 Boy 1st Class HMS King George V
Royal Navy J/25311 Ordinary Seaman HMS King George V
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More about William Smith -
Born 1882
Died 1918
Royal Navy 11534 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/11534 Private HMS Duncan Royal Marine Light Infantry detachment
Royal Navy CH/11534 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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More about Thomas George Eldridge -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy F/12787 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II
More about Ernest Charles Pool -
Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy J7603
Royal Navy J/7603 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J/7603 Able Seaman HMS Monarch
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More about George Barnes -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy 21771 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/2018/S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/21771 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1918
Royal Navy PLY/15999 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Royal Navy 15999 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry
Royal Navy 15999 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry; HMS Ajax
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Born 1887
Died 1918
Royal Navy 2092 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/2092/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about Francis Robert Butler -
Born 1886
Died 1918
Royal Navy 214950 Boy 2nd Class HMS Black Prince
Royal Navy 214950 Boy 1st Class HMS Black Prince
Royal Navy 214950 Ordinary Seaman HMS Drake
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Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy 19162 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/19162 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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