4th Rifle Brigade, 1917

[Greenvale]

Can anyone help me  with regard to the following. I cannot make out the second location (Between Stavros and Mudros(?) I'm assuming he drowned at sea, perhaps aboard a troop ship but I can't find any reference on the internet. If anyone has any ideas I would be grateful.

[GrahamSimons]

Please tell us a bit more. Name and rank; is he listed on CWGC? Have you investigated War Diaries - which won't name individuals, but will describe movements of units?

[AlanBoyd]

Moudros (referred to as Mudros by the British) is on the island of Lemnos and was a British base during the Dardanelles campaign. Obviously your date is somewhat later than that.

[AlanBoyd]

There are lots of contemporary reports referring to Mudros. More details of what we are looking for would help.

[AlanBoyd]

Found at https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Martlesham.html

COLEMAN Frederick Corporal 1971, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 21/02/1917. Born Martlesham. Commemorated on the Mikra Memorial, Greece. Within the Mikra British Cemetery will be found the Mikra Memorial, commemorating almost 500 nurses, officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who died when troop transports and hospital ships were lost in the Mediterranean, and who have no grave but the sea. One of these vessels was the Fleet Messenger "Princess Alberta", sunk by mine between Stavros and Mudros on 21 February 1917

[Greenvale]

Thanks everyone for your information and very prompt replies. I did have a copy of the full entry with name, rank and army number but I couldn't get the file small enough to attatch to my original post.

[AlanBoyd]

Here is the record for the Frederick Coleman referred to in my previous reply. It is identical to the OP details. All of the men who died in the sinking of the Princess Alberta are commemorated on the Mikra Memorial.