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Description: | Undated ms letter (1p), written ca October - November 1914, from T A Fletcher who, like Edis, was serving as a Private RMLI in the cruiser HMS HAWKE when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea on 15 October 1914 with very heavy loss of life, briefly describing how he had survived her sinking and mentioning the injuries which he had sustained; together with a ms letter (1p), dated 7 November 1914, from the sister of Private G V Secker RMLI, who was lost with the HAWKE, asking for any news about him at the time of the action, and a printed 'in memoriam' card (2 folios) sent out by Secker's family following his death.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 2003-04 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Edis, F A E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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