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Hi everyone on Roots Chat

I am not sure if you can help me or not but here goes.

One of our family have been telling me they have a photo of a relative  I believe was a  Cox in Navy uniform. On the cap band it says H M S Vangard. The photo was taken in Grantham.
I am led to believe He was on H M S Marlbrough. Which was torpedoed at the Battle of Jutland.
While the H M S Marlbrough was being mended he was transfered to the Vangard.

The H M S Vangard sank by an internal explosion on July 9th 1917with a loss of 843 men at Scarpa Flow.

What I would like to find out is if anyone could look in the Grantham Library around this date to see if they can see if there was any Cox's as casualties.

                             Kind Regards

                             naffi girl

Hi there - I am working on a project to find a photograph of every crew member of HMS Vanguard who were killed in the 1917 explosion.
I have looked at the service records of all 5 COX surnames who were stationed aboard the Vanguard - one was Fleet Surgeon Cox.  I have checked the service records of the other 4 and non of them are mentioned being aboard HMS Marlborough during the Battle of Jutland.

Would you be able to email me the image privately; I may be able to help identify or rule out?

Many thanks, Wendy

Hi All

I am working on a project to find a photograph of every crew member killed aboard HMS Vanguard when she tragically exploded in 1917.

I have currently found nearly 25% of the crew (204 images out of 843 men listed).  Does anyone have a relative that was onboard?  I am working with the dive team who surveyed the wreck last year to put the photos and crew details into a forthcoming book. 

It would be great to hear from you.

Many thanks, Wendy