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Frank Ewart Griffiths
In memory of:
Fireman Frank Ewart Griffiths
August 13, 1915
Aegean Sea
Military Service
22
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
HMT Royal Edward (Toronto, Ontario) (125656)
Additional Information
January 1, 1893
Earlstown, Lancashire, England
Son of William Henry Griffiths and Sabina Jessie Lambert of Newton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England.
Requisitioned by the British Admiralty, SS Royal Edward became HMT Royal Edward and was converted into a troop transport. While en route to Gallipoli, Turkey, with about 1,335 British troops, she was torpedoed by UB-14 6 miles (9.5 km) west of the Aegean Island of Kandeloussa and sank with 866 men, position 36°31'N/25°51'E.
Commemorated on Page 32 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
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