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« on: Wednesday 07 February 18 22:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi Redman ..
Here are my notes for Joseph Baird who was my 1st cousin.. hope this helps..
Joseph Baird was born 17Sep1912 4h pm at 23 Nicol St Kirkcaldy
Source:- 1912 Births Kirkcaldy Page 150 N0 440
BAIRD . Joseph Service number LT/KX110670 Date of death 24/12/1940 Decoration Place of birth Kirkcaldy Other SNWM roll ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES Rank Sto 2 Theatre of death R.N.P.S. H.M.S. Pelton. At Sea. Great Yarmouth
HMT Pelton (Skipper John Alexander Sutherland, DSC, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German motor torpedo boat S-28 off Great Yarmouth on 24 December 1940 ..
The Royal Navy Type MS Trawler Class Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) Ordered Laid down Launched 4 Sep, 1925 Commissioned Aug, 1939 Lost 24 Dec, 1940 Loss position History Completed on 10 October 1925.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 358 tons.
HMT Pelton (Skipper John Alexander Sutherland, DSC, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German motor torpedo boat S-28 off Great Yarmouth on 24 December 1940. Was sent to cut commercial cables for UK to Continent communications off coast of Norfolk (Operation QUIXOTE
2005 (3001B) - HMS Pelton Confirmed wreck; war grave 200m 52o31.498 2o04.101
Cemetery: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
Country: England Area: Suffolk Rank: Stoker 2nd Class Official Number: LT/KX 110670
Unit: H.M. Trawler Pelton. Force: Royal Navy Nationality: British
Details:
24th December 1940. Age 28. Son of Joseph and Christina Baird of Kirkcaldy Fife. Panel 4 Column 1.
Christina Thompson Dewar born 10 Jan 1886 was my Grand Aunt.
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