Roy G
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Can anyone tell me if death certificates were made out for those lost at sea as a result of enemy action during WW1?
I ask because the War Grave commission website records that a John Rook (a stoker and possibly my grandmother's brother) died on 11 Oct 1916. Of two ships sunk on that day, only The Crosshill off Malta was reported to have had any casualties.
I therefore need to check it out.
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Roy G
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Brilliant
Thanks for so much that Andy, applying for a copy immediately.
If only all research was so simple and could be done from the comfort of home.
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hes buried in Gosport so maybe not on a ship off Malta as they would be buried at sea unless he died of wounds back in UK
HMS Victory is his unit on CWGC which was i think a Portsmouth shore base
Record should clarify it.If you need help decyphering post it in the WW1 section someone will help out.
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Roy G
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Just found he is probably not my John after all for the 1901 census gives;
John Rook (b Portsmouth c1865) a leading Stoker first class and
John Rooke (b Brighton c1866) a ships riveter living Jarrow.
Mine was the Brighton one who I had presumed had joined up and instead of making boilers was now feeding them.
I know, never presume, find hard evidence.
Anyway it looks as though I am back to square one and I now have to find a record of the Brighton John living in Jarrow or thereabouts post 1901, perhaps a marriage or his death.
Never mind, I fully appreciate your contribution, and if I cannot use that website for my John, I still may be able to use it later to investigate the service history of other relatives.
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