Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Accidents were a minor factor in the casualty list. Our definition is deaths resulting from activities that were not directly associated with 'active service'. We have excluded Naval Accidents which are seperately identified because of their numbers and impact. Many accidents involved the aviators, operating at the the limits of technology.

Detail :

The manner of Rawles' death is recounted in the Bournemouth Graphic on the 12th May 1916.

"Death of Captain Rawles. Popular Local Steamboat Master Drowned. - The death has occurred through drowning of Captain Rawles, of the well-known passenger pleasure steamer "Majestic," formerly running from Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers. The tragic event occurred at Newhaven and it is supposed that he slipped from the gangway into the water when going ashore. His watch had stopped at 8.20 p.m. An inquest was held at Newhaven on Tuesday, when the jury returned a verdict of accidentally drowned."

Probate RAWLE Lewis St. Barbe of 12 St. Leonards-maisonettes Weymouth Dorsetshire shipmaster died 8 May 1916 at Bishopsstone Sussex Administration Blandford 6 June to Florence Eva Rawle widow. Effects £265 16s.

Masonic :

Upon his initiation in 1904 into De Moulham Lodge No. 1146, he is employed as a Master Mariner and resident at Weymouth. Contribution record shows "Died 6th June 1916." This is at odds with the officially recorded date, this more than likely being when probate had been granted.

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