Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6400741

Reference: ADM188

Title: Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919

Description: The Royal Navy Seamen records contain the complete service histories of 373,000 ratings who joined the service between 1899 and 1919.

UPP: GBM/ADM188/150596

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8647099

Reference: gbm_ncsailor_1914

Title: WW1 Naval Casualties Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBM/NC/4033

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 8647100

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/974093

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8658841

Title: Image of gravestone

Description: Here lies a Gallant Seaman Daniel Allan Bowthorpe RN Of this city Who died in his 22nd year On St George’s Day, April 23rd 1918 Of wounds received on Zeebrugge Mole

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 8658844

Title: Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge

Description: The landing parties mounting the ramps, so as to storm the Mole at Zeebrugge.

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 8990022

Title: HMS Vindictive

Description: The battered cruiser HMS VINDICTIVE at Dover after the Zeebrugge raid, 23 April 1918

Connected by: Keith1947

Additional: IWM Catalogue number: Q 18887. Shared and re-used under the terms of the IWM Non Commercial Licence http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194741

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ID: 9008340

Title: HMS Vindictive listing for VC ballot - page 6 of 6

Description: Under the terms of clause 13 of the VC statutes, in cases where a body of men was deemed to have been so gallant, the best way to select VCs was by a ballot, enabling the men themselves to decide. Following on from a ballot for the Royal Marine participants, a ballot was held for the Royal Navy participants. These latter were the ships crews of Vindictive, Iris II, Daffodil, as well as the men of the Naval Storming Party. Captain Carpenter of the Vindictive, and AB McKenzie who belonged to B Company of the seaman storming party, were awarded the VC as a result of the ballot. In addition to what was on the original list, a "prior posting" column has been added. These men on the fifth and sixth pages, annotated brown, were not from the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, but came from the Navy barracks at Chatham, or ships at Chatham. They are understood to have been the skeleton crew for HMS Vindictive.

Connected by: Keith1947

Additional: This listing of '[a.] “Vindictive” & [b.] Storming & Demolition Parties. 23. 4.18 ' was sourced from: ADM 116/1656 Operations against Zeebrugge Casualties Vol. 2 It can be seen from the men's individual service records that they are stamped "Participated in the ballot for VC granted for operations against Zeebrugge..." A digital image of the original can be seen for John Edwin Smith SS112229