Eleanor Eileen Black
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- Eleanor Eileen BLACK. Volunteer VAD. British Red Cross Society
Died when the Royal Mail Ship Kenilworth Castle was abandoned as a result of depth charges exploding under her stern 4 June 1918. The order was given to abandon ship. Some of the life boats were lowered but became swamped and 15 people were drowned, among them Eleanor Black. She was the daughter of Randlord Black, of Queen's Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. Commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.
