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    1. Frank LONG death, Orphir 1915
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    3. 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.

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