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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: angloscot on Monday 04 May 09 23:26 BST (UK)
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Hi
Looking for any infirmation on the gunship HMS Gloworm.
My wife had a relation killed on the Gloworm in 1919 near Russia.
Any help will be much appreciated.
regards
Alex
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Hi Alex
There's abit about it on this site
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Insect_class_gunboat
ricky
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Hi Alex and welcome !
25th August 1919
An ammunition barge accidentally blew up alongside HMS Glowworm in Bereznili, Archangel-Obozerskaya area of North Russia. Twenty men were killed ... I'm looking to see if there is a casualty list .... can you give us a name ?
Annie :)
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Hi Ricky
Thanks for the link. The photo of the Mantis,Is that what the Gloworm would have looked like ?.
Regards
Alex
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Hi Annie
Thank you for your reply .The Information I have is as follows.
Able Seaman William G Leadbeater service number 3/20444
He is buried at Archangle Allied Cemetery.
Regards
Alex
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I have a different spelling but I'm sure it's him Alex !! :)
LEADBETTER, William G, Able Seaman, J 20444, Glowworm, 25 August 1919, explosion
Monday, 25 August 1919
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION
Fox, Glowworm explosion
WAGANOFF, Walter G, Lieutenant (Russian Interpreter), killed
Glowworm, explosion of ammunition barge, River Dvina, North Russia
AYRES, Joseph, Officer's Steward 2c, L 6251
CASEY, Patrick, Yeoman of Signals, 227466
CLEVELAND, Robert G, Leading Seaman, J 16266
COASE, Edward H, Able Seaman, J 16309
DAWES, George, Leading Seaman, J 12434
FARMER, Thomas W, Signalman, J 33401
GLANVILLE, Leonard, Able Seaman, J 90427
HILL, Sidney, Able Seaman, SS 8798
KEITH, Alexander, Leading Seaman, 195605
LEADBETTER, William G, Able Seaman, J 20444
MACFARLANE, Thomas L, Lieutenant, RNVR
MCCRAE, John, Stoker 1c, K 22922
MURRAY, Frederick, Able Seaman, J 44493 (Ch)
SMITH, Lancelot W H, Able Seaman, J 14515
SNELLGROVE, Ernest, Able Seaman, J 43244
SYKES, Harold, Armourers Crew, J 55280
THURSFIELD, Richard M R, Surgeon Lieutenant
WRIGHT, Henry, Able Seaman, J 25323
Served in Lowestoft before being sent to Northern Russia in September 1918. Damaged after a barge exploded alongside her on 24th August 1919. Sold for scrap in September 1928.
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/r_n_gunboats.htm
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In Memory of
Able Seaman W G LEADBETTER
3/20444, H.M.S. "Glowworm.", Royal Navy
who died
on 25 August 1919
(buried Semenovka (Bereznik) Cem. Extension).
Remembered with honour
ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY
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My Grandfather could possibly be Able Seaman Sidney Hill whom also died on the Glowworm and am trying to get information which would confirm this. Does anyone know where I might be able to access such information, perhaps Navy Records? Or does anyone know of pictures perhaps out there somewhere taken of the Crew itself? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks....
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This might be Sidney Hill:
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/471704/HILL,%20S
Just to stress that both the casualties mentioned are commemorated at Archangel but buried elsewhere in Russia.
Imber
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Re Sidney Hill there is a service record for a Sidney Hull on the NA website (link below). The service numbers are the same so one is likely to be a transcription error. Hopefully the date and place of birth will confirm if this is your man or not.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7082385 (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7082385)
Martin