Service Details
Name:
 ANGUS
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 56ES
Rank:
 Engineman
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M. Trawler "Ameer."
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Date of Death:
 1916-03-18
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Date of Birth:
 1887-04-02
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when H.M. Trawler "Ameer." was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-7 (Georg Haag) in the English Channel off Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. Eight of the crew were killed
Additional
Information:
Husband of Minnie Richardson (formerly Angus), of 4, Vine Terrace, Norwood St., Spring Bank, Hull, Yorkshire. Born Durban. Commemorated on Norwood St., Hull & Kingston-on-Hull, Yorkshire, England & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials. Also, in a WWI Memorial pamphlet produced by St Olav's Church, Durban 27/9/1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Kent
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Cemetery:
 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 19.

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