I'm not sure if this will help, but thought it was worth suggesting. I've found their contact team very responsive. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?homelink=main_military Find out which of the services the individual served in - the army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) or Royal Air Force. Any further details of the regiment and battalion, ship or squadron will also speed things up. You might get someone here to point you in the right direction perhaps http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/ A D-Day Veteran friend of mine found one of his relatives who had gone down with a ship off Cornwall on a Memorial list in Portsmouth. Those circumstances were odd when there was very little activity off that coastline. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Upton" > Hi Marilyn, > > Unfortunately, there is no info about where it all happened. Presumably > there was some clampdown for security reasons which prevented such things > being published - I just have the family death notice in their local paper, > as mentioned. The casualty is not a family member so is a stranger to me. > Hence, no oral history to work with either. > > Your info looks spot on if only because of the date which is the one in the > family notice. Even better that there's just the one such loss on that date. > The sailor was a stoker so if it was a cataclysmic end to his ship he'd have > had poor odds on getting out alive. Any info on casualty numbers you know > of? > > Very many thanks for responding. I might just send the info to CWGC to see > if it helps them. > > With regards, > > Gil Upton > > -----Original Message----- > From: birkenhead-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:birkenhead-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn McHaffie > Sent: 07 November 2006 21:46 > To: birkenhead@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BIRKENHEAD] General - lost warship WW1 > > Report of WW1 British warships that were sunk: On 2 May 1917 the > Derwent, British, River class Destroyer sank, mined near Le > Harve. > > Does this make sense re your records of where the sailor may > have been? > > Cheers > Marilyn > > > >>>> uptonga@tesco.net 8/11/2006 10:01 a.m. >>> > Does anyone have any info on where I might find a record of an > unknown RN > destroyer lost at sea on or about 2 May 1917? A family death > notice just > says 'one of HM destroyers'. Presumably, as a security measure, > they were > not allowed to publish such details. > > The sailor in question, who was lost on board, is unknown to > CWGC and so not > on their Debt of Honour Register. Although I have given them the > details of > his name and the date, CWGC have been unable to make a > connection with any > other casualties at that time or a lost RN vessel. > > Thanks for any leads you can give. > > Gil Upton > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Janet Thanks for that. I've been pleased with the help I've had and am now pretty sure the destroyer in question was HMS Derwent. Regards, Gil -----Original Message----- From: birkenhead-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:birkenhead-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Sent: 07 November 2006 23:03 To: birkenhead@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BIRKENHEAD] General - lost warship WW1 I'm not sure if this will help, but thought it was worth suggesting. I've found their contact team very responsive. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?homelink=main_military Find out which of the services the individual served in - the army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) or Royal Air Force. Any further details of the regiment and battalion, ship or squadron will also speed things up. You might get someone here to point you in the right direction perhaps http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/ A D-Day Veteran friend of mine found one of his relatives who had gone down with a ship off Cornwall on a Memorial list in Portsmouth. Those circumstances were odd when there was very little activity off that coastline. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Upton" > Hi Marilyn, > > Unfortunately, there is no info about where it all happened. Presumably > there was some clampdown for security reasons which prevented such things > being published - I just have the family death notice in their local paper, > as mentioned. The casualty is not a family member so is a stranger to me. > Hence, no oral history to work with either. > > Your info looks spot on if only because of the date which is the one in the > family notice. Even better that there's just the one such loss on that date. > The sailor was a stoker so if it was a cataclysmic end to his ship he'd have > had poor odds on getting out alive. Any info on casualty numbers you know > of? > > Very many thanks for responding. I might just send the info to CWGC to see > if it helps them. > > With regards, > > Gil Upton > > -----Original Message----- > From: birkenhead-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:birkenhead-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn McHaffie > Sent: 07 November 2006 21:46 > To: birkenhead@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BIRKENHEAD] General - lost warship WW1 > > Report of WW1 British warships that were sunk: On 2 May 1917 the > Derwent, British, River class Destroyer sank, mined near Le > Harve. > > Does this make sense re your records of where the sailor may > have been? > > Cheers > Marilyn > > > >>>> uptonga@tesco.net 8/11/2006 10:01 a.m. >>> > Does anyone have any info on where I might find a record of an > unknown RN > destroyer lost at sea on or about 2 May 1917? A family death > notice just > says 'one of HM destroyers'. Presumably, as a security measure, > they were > not allowed to publish such details. > > The sailor in question, who was lost on board, is unknown to > CWGC and so not > on their Debt of Honour Register. Although I have given them the > details of > his name and the date, CWGC have been unable to make a > connection with any > other casualties at that time or a lost RN vessel. > > Thanks for any leads you can give. > > Gil Upton > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message