Area: Brixham, South Devon

 
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Last Name
Regiment
Address
Narrative
66 MIDDLE STREET, BRIXHAM, TORBAY, DEVON, UK
       
       
Died on
29/12/1917
       
Aged
47
BORN HULL 04/05/1869. WIFE ELIZABETH PINE LIVED 66 MIDDLE STREET, BRIXHAM, DEVON. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HMT Sapper sank with all hands on a mine laid on December 24, 1917 by the German minelaying submarine UC-71. Per Admiralty records, the explosion was witnessed by both the Owers Light Vessel and the steamer Tewfikieh. Sapper though […]