Liverpool Echo, "Lost In Pilot Boat Disaster"

Liverpool Echo, "Lost In Pilot Boat Disaster"

known 28th December 1918

In memory of our Shipmates and the Crew, who lost their lives at the Bar, December 28, 1917, through the sinking, by enemy action, of No. 1 Pilot Boat Alfred H. Read. - Liverpool Pilot Service. ......... DAVIES - December 28, 1917: In loving memory of our dear and only son and brother ALFRED (apprentice pilot service), who lost his life through the mining of H.M. XV. A. H. Read. (Safely anchored.) - Fondly remembered by Father, Mother, Sisters, and Brothers-in-law, Dolly and Will, and Grace and Stan (in France), 26, Denton-drive, Wallasey. DAVIES - In loving and affectionate remembrance of our darling brother ALFRED (Alf.), who died from effects of immersion following the loss of H.M. XV. A. H. Read,December 28, 1917. We often think of days gone by, When we were all together; A better brother never lived, A dear-one gone for ever. Always remembered by his Sisters and Brothers-in-law, Pattie and Will (Australia),and Cissie, Charlie, and Nephew Martie (South Africa).

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  • Born 1897

    Died 1917

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