William Edward ARMES was born 1 July 1881 at Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship, Reliance as Inspector of Engine Fitters, Mercantile Marine. Died 16 May 1918 aged 36 years on Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland from burns as the result of a petrol explosion on ship called Pebble ?. Miss F M Armes of 3 Paget Street, Gillingham, Kent was informed of his death.
At rest in East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece. Commemorated on his wife's grave in Plot K Grave 37 Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta.
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Ten Kildare men died in the month of May one hundred years ago. The only Kildare civilian casualty of WWI, William Edward Armes, an acting Inspector of Engine Fitters, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Reliance, died from injuries sustained in an explosion on 16 May 1918. The Reliance, a cargo ship converted into a Stores Support Ship spent a large part of the war at Mudros and in the Mediterranean. On 16 May William Armes and Plumber John Charles Bright were badly injured in an explosion onboard the Reliance. Both men subsequently died from their injuries and were buried in East Mudros Military Cemetery on the Greek Island of Limnos, in the Aegean Sea. William Ermes was born at the Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, on 1 June 1881.
K037 Violet Josephine Monica ARMES, nee Fairbrother of Vittoriosa. Wife of William Edward Armes worked at HM Dockyard, Malta as engineer. Born 28 January 1885 at Portsea Island, Hampshire to James and Sarah Georgina Isabell Fairbrother, nee Gregory. Died 19th February 1911 aged 26 years.
At rest in Plot K Grave 37 Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta.
