Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Lerwick New Cemetery | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.127 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 50C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: HM Trawler Tenby Castle |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
Naval-History.net shows for its log on the 7th February 1918.
Kirkwall to Lerwick
Lat 60.1, Long -1.1
8.00am: Passed Bard Head, handed log and proceeded towards wharf
9.00am: Made fast alongside Alexandra Wharf
10.40am: Proceeded to cast off moorings to pass through N boom for gun practice and test towing charges; 1st Lieutenant of Base, torpedo gunner and assistant on board
11.15am: Put out starboard towing charge off Rova Lighthouse
11.20am: Starboard towing charge missed fire; disconnected and taken on board
11.30am: Port towing charge put out
11.35am: Port towing charge missed fire; proceeded to take on board, electric wires to battery disconnected
11.50am: Commenced gun practice with 12-pounder gun
12.15pm: Finished practice with 12-pounder; 11 rounds fired
12.20pm: Commenced practice with 3-pounder
12.35pm: Finished practice with 3-pounder,16 rounds fired, and proceeded to drifter; 1st Lieutenant of Base went on board drifter
12.45pm: Proceeded into harbour
1.15pm: Made fast alongside HM Whaler Belinda
5.00pm: Torpedo gunner and assistants testing wires to towing charges; wires disconnected from starboard towing charge
4.30pm: Starboard towing charge exploded
Torpedo Gunner W King, two assistants and Leading Seaman Brown killed
Vessel's stern badly damaged, depth charges, boat, sail on mainmast blown away
Compasses, barometer and searchlight broken
Skipper Curtis, two engineers, cook and 1 deck hand being treated on shore for shock
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | United Service No. 1428 E.C. | Hampshire & IOW |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th October 1903 | 13th November 1903 | 11th December 1903 |
War service is recorded in the contribution records of the Lodge at the United Grand Lodge of England. Shows "Died 7th Feb/18"
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley