Revd Nicholas Pye
Revd Nicholas Pye @RevdPye ·
28 Mar 1915, while nr Maas lightvessel & to stop being torpedoed, Cpt Charles Fryatt of SS Brussels, tried to ram U-33. Awarded gold watch by Admiralty. 23 June 1916, captured. 27 July, executed for attacking U-33 as non-combatant. July 1919 had state funeral @StPaulsLondon. #WW1
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Revd Nicholas Pye
Revd Nicholas Pye @RevdPye ·
28 Mar 1915, on way from Liverpool to Sierra Leone, SS Falaba torpedoed & sunk by U-28, 38 miles off Welsh coast. 104 of 242 on board died, including US citizen Leon Thrasher. Event sometimes known as ‘Thrasher incident’. Cargo included 13 tons of cartridges & gun cotton. #WW1.
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1917 2nd Lt Herbert Hilton Fielding 6 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and buried in the St. Leger British Cemetery. Herbert is also remembered at the University of Manchester #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Pte Daniel Kilday (46928) 19 Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) was died of wounds and was buried in the Namps-au-Val British Cemetery. Daniel is also remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Captain Alan Hirst Tinker 1/7 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Alan is also remembered at the University of Manchester #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Serjeant Arthur Scott Smith of 17 Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. Arthur is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1917 Pte Richard Edwards (10811) 22 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and was buried in the Croisilles British Cemetery. Richard was 24. Richard is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Lance Corporal William Harold Bruckshaw (315006) 15 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. William is still remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Pte John Thomas Lomax (265787) 15 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. John was 21. John is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Pte Tom Crofts (35387) 6 Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. Tom is also commemorated on the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 2nd Lt John Thomas Kirk of the Macine Gun Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial' John was 21. John is also remembered at the University of Manchester #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1917 2nd Lt Thomas Alexander Seddon of the Australian Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery. Thomas is remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1918 Lt Sidney Collier of the Royal Flying Corps was killed in action and buried in the La Chaudiere Military Cemetery. Sidney died 6 days after his elder brother. Sidney is remembered on the University of Manchester's War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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Paul PD
Paul PD @atticusfinch104 ·
28 March 1917 Pte Charles Garlick (291522) 1/7 Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Jerusalem War Memorial. Charles is also remembered on the Gatley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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