Re: WW1 wounded shipped back to UK?


"Peter Goodey" <TheOtherOneWorks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter Goodey <TheOtherOneWorks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Sergeant Ernest MYSON also of the 8th Bn Bedfordshire Regt died on the
same day, also "at sea". He is simply "commemorated" on the Hollybrook
Memorial, Southampton. I don't know if anything can be read into this.
Probably not.

Although the CWGC site says of this memorial "...vessels sunk with
significant loss of life were: HS Anglia, a hospital ship sunk by mine off
Dover on 17 November 1915".

That would be a long way for your man's body to drift.


Not when you consider that they drifted from Dunkirk up as far as Amsterdam
and Texel.
I think that this is an excellent lead - I crossed TNA's palm with silver at
lunch time and found his medal card. He'd been in France from 30 Aug 1915,
and qualified for all 3 (Victory, British and 15 Star) medals, so he'd
obviously seen action. The medal card says "drowned" as well.
Thanks, everyone, for all suggestions.
Lesley Robertson


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