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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 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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Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy J/31231 Able Seaman HMS Monarch
Royal Navy J/31231 Boy 1st Class HMS Monarch
Royal Navy J/31231 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
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More about Stanley Reginald Eric Pratt -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy 14785 Royal Marine Artillery
Royal Navy RMA/14785 Gunner RMA 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy RMA/14601 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion
Royal Navy 14601 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA
Royal Navy RMA/14601 Gunner RMA 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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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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Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy CH/19897 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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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 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy 19029 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/19029 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about William Cornforth -
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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More about Henry James Bray -
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 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 1896
Died 1918
Royal Navy 13251 Royal Marine Artillery
Royal Navy RMA/13251 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about James Alfred Tidman -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy 15033 Royal Marine Artillery
British Army 95919 Gunner Royal Field Artillery
Royal Navy RMA/15033 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about Gerald Walter Hurst -
Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy 21177 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/21177 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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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 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy 21084 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/21084 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1918
Royal Navy 238198 Petty Officer HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy 238198 Able Seaman HMS Orion
Royal Navy 238198 Able Seaman HMS Orion
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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 1921 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Royal Navy PO/1921/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
More about Albert Victor Loxley -
Born 1893
Died 1918
Royal Navy 16141 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Royal Navy PLY/16141 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion
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