I have a photograph of Lillis Jane Kerr Condie Dick BOAG (1906-1971) taken with a man said to be her uncle (probably Matthew Hamilton BOAG) who is in a Royal Navy stoker's uniform. The photo was thought to be a memento for him to take on his trips - and I guess it would have been taken 1914-16. His cap says "HMS Duke of..." and I can't read the rest. It doesn't look like Edinburgh, a likely name as the family lived in Leith. Is there a list of all the HMS Duke of * ships I could consider against the photo? I've Googled and not seen anything that I can screw my eyes up to fit. Geoff

"Geoff Pearson" <gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:b41tbhF1u6jU1@mid.individual.net... > I have a photograph of Lillis Jane Kerr Condie Dick BOAG (1906-1971) taken > with a man said to be her uncle (probably Matthew Hamilton BOAG) who is in > a Royal Navy stoker's uniform. The photo was thought to be a memento for > him to take on his trips - and I guess it would have been taken 1914-16. > > His cap says "HMS Duke of..." and I can't read the rest. It doesn't look > like Edinburgh, a likely name as the family lived in Leith. > > Is there a list of all the HMS Duke of * ships I could consider against > the photo? I've Googled and not seen anything that I can screw my eyes up > to fit. > > Geoff Looks as if it starts AISCH...but it can't do!

On 09/07/2013 08:45, Geoff Pearson wrote: > I have a photograph of Lillis Jane Kerr Condie Dick BOAG (1906-1971) > taken with a man said to be her uncle (probably Matthew Hamilton BOAG) > who is in a Royal Navy stoker's uniform. The photo was thought to be a > memento for him to take on his trips - and I guess it would have been > taken 1914-16. > > His cap says "HMS Duke of..." and I can't read the rest. It doesn't > look like Edinburgh, a likely name as the family lived in Leith. > > Is there a list of all the HMS Duke of * ships I could consider against > the photo? I've Googled and not seen anything that I can screw my eyes > up to fit. > > Geoff This is an excellent source for naval history. It has ships indexed and also often details of what actions they were involved in. http://www.naval-history.net/

On 09/07/2013 08:45, Geoff Pearson wrote: > I have a photograph of Lillis Jane Kerr Condie Dick BOAG (1906-1971) > taken with a man said to be her uncle (probably Matthew Hamilton BOAG) > who is in a Royal Navy stoker's uniform. The photo was thought to be a > memento for him to take on his trips - and I guess it would have been > taken 1914-16. > > His cap says "HMS Duke of..." and I can't read the rest. It doesn't > look like Edinburgh, a likely name as the family lived in Leith. > > Is there a list of all the HMS Duke of * ships I could consider against > the photo? I've Googled and not seen anything that I can screw my eyes > up to fit. > > Geoff The following ships carried the names of Dukes in WW1: HMS Duke of Albany HMS Duke of Clarence HMS Duke of Cornwall HMS Duke of Edinburgh The first three were merchant vessels taken up and used as armed boarding steamers. HMS Duke of Edinburgh was a large cruiser which served in the Mediterranean early in the war then transferred to Scapa Flow and was with the Grand Fleet at Jutland. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>