As a seaman in the Royal Navy (RN), his next of kin details would have been on file. The Fiscal obviously obtained them from the Navy. Scapa Flow was a major base for the Royal Navy in both World Wars. Interestingly your transcription doesn't give a ship's name. Perhaps he was attached to the Lyness shore station which only closed in the 1950's. I believe ships of the U.S. Navy that operated in European waters during the First World War were also based in Scapa Flow. Regards David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia Researching Stewart, Baikie, Heddle, Malcomson, Stout, Gray, Cromarty, Oman, Anderson, Sutherland ----- Original Message ----- From: Greenwood To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: [Orkney] Frank LONG death, Orphir 1915 Came across a drowning in the 1915 Deaths for Orphir. The deceased was from England. No relation to this family, posting it for the unexpected link to Hertfordshire. Not sure how parent's names were gotten if he wasn't a local.....perhaps he was swept off an English ship in Scapa Flow and had no links to Orkney at all. Meg Greenwood Frank Edwin LONG, Able Seaman, R.N. Single./ died Sept 30 about 12:30pm aged 22y at Scapa Flow. Usual residence Hawkswich Lodge, St Albans, Herts. Parents were George Long, Cowman & Emma LONG ms CONSTABLE. Cause was Accidental Drowning. Body not recovered. Registered on information of James BEGG, Procurator Fiscal. Registered Oct 27 at Orphir, Thomas Inkster, Registrar. There is an RCE notation in the margin - See Reg. of Corr. Ents. Vol 1 p53, Oct 27, 1915. ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >>>> Orkney list now has 329 subscribers <<<<< ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

The CWGC site tells he was attached to HMS Black Prince See <http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3033817> Cheers, Barry, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland [email protected] (Constant Virus Monitoring by NAV - 04/01/2006 update.) David Armstrong wrote: >As a seaman in the Royal Navy (RN), his next of kin details would have been on file. The Fiscal obviously obtained them from the Navy. > >Scapa Flow was a major base for the Royal Navy in both World Wars. Interestingly your transcription doesn't give a ship's name. Perhaps he was attached to the Lyness shore station which only closed in the 1950's. > >I believe ships of the U.S. Navy that operated in European waters during the First World War were also based in Scapa Flow. > >Regards > >David Armstrong >Maylands, Western Australia >Researching Stewart, Baikie, Heddle, >Malcomson, Stout, Gray, Cromarty, >Oman, Anderson, Sutherland > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greenwood > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:30 PM > Subject: [Orkney] Frank LONG death, Orphir 1915 > > > Came across a drowning in the 1915 Deaths for Orphir. The deceased was > from England. No relation to this family, posting it for the unexpected > link to Hertfordshire. Not sure how parent's names were gotten if he > wasn't a local.....perhaps he was swept off an English ship in Scapa > Flow and had no links to Orkney at all. Meg Greenwood > > Frank Edwin LONG, Able Seaman, R.N. Single./ died Sept 30 about 12:30pm > aged 22y at Scapa Flow. Usual residence Hawkswich Lodge, St Albans, > Herts. Parents were George Long, Cowman & Emma LONG ms CONSTABLE. Cause > was Accidental Drowning. Body not recovered. Registered on information > of James BEGG, Procurator Fiscal. Registered Oct 27 at Orphir, Thomas > Inkster, Registrar. There is an RCE notation in the margin - See Reg. of > Corr. Ents. Vol 1 p53, Oct 27, 1915. > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > >>>> Orkney list now has 329 subscribers <<<<< > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > > >>>>>TIP: To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >>>>> >>>>> >Use Orkney-D if you're receiving digests.<<<< > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >