A Sailor of the Great War.
Royal Navy on H.M.S. Bayano
At 05.15 on 11 March 1915, the ship was attacked and sunk by the German submarine SM U-27 about 10 nmi (12 mi; 19 km) west of Corsewall Lighthouse, Corsewall Point, Galloway, Scotland en route to Liverpool for coaling. The captain and 194 crew all perished.
His body was recovered, date not known and laid to rest in Ballyphilip Catholic Churchyard, Portaferry, Ireland.
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