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London and Middlesex / Re: Lt Col JAMES ROBERT KENNEDY 1917
« on: Yesterday at 08:59 »
There is an obit in a local newspaper for Noona Kennedy, seems she moved to Reading about 10 years before she died.

Strange, no obit or death notice for her husband in 1917.


Tony

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London and Middlesex / Re: Lt Col JAMES ROBERT KENNEDY 1917
« on: Yesterday at 08:02 »
Noona Elizabeth Catherine Kennedy, 67, widow, teacher, was cremated at Henley Rd Crematorium (Caversham), Reading on 17 Jan 1938.

Above details from Findmypast


She is Noona Kennedy on the 1921 Census at 1 Inverness Place, Paddington, teacher of dancing, born India


Tony

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Kent / Re: Mahala Baldwin Birth Registered North Aylesford March 1878
« on: Friday 14 November 25 21:31 GMT (UK)  »
Do you mean Mahala Baldwin who married Thomas William Blacklock in 1898


Tony

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Armed Forces / Re: Midshipman RN 1915
« on: Friday 14 November 25 06:19 GMT (UK)  »
The wording above is suspect:

"was wounded at Gallipoli while in charge of one of the boats taking troops ashore"

Wounded - he was fit enough to start his duties on HMS Alcantara shortly after Triumph was sunk on the 25th May.
boats taking troops ashore - The role of HMS Triumph at Gallipoli was to provide gunfire to cover the landings. Other ships were involved in landing the troops.


Tony

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Armed Forces / Re: Midshipman RN 1915
« on: Thursday 13 November 25 08:08 GMT (UK)  »
William Vazie Simons name does not appear on the following crewlist:

Crew list document for vessel 'ALCANTARA'
Official number: 132050
Valid dates for this crew list:16/01/1915 - 07/03/1915

https://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk/document/109671


Tony

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Armed Forces / Re: Midshipman RN 1915
« on: Thursday 13 November 25 06:20 GMT (UK)  »
Boy cadets left HMS Worcester at about the age of 16 1/2 and most joined the merchant service.
Therefore it seems more plausible that W V Simons became a crewmember on RMS Alcantara in 1914 and then a Midshipman in 1915 after Alcantara was requisitioned by the Admiralty in April 1915. HMS Alcantara was commissioned in the 10th Cruiser Squadron and joined the Northern Patrol, patrolling north of the UK, many miles from the Dardanelles.

Is his claim to have served in HMS Triumph in the Dardanelles still available in writing or a family story?


Tony

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Armed Forces / Re: Midshipman RN 1915
« on: Wednesday 12 November 25 06:42 GMT (UK)  »
If he had served on HMS Triumph in the Dardanelles at the age of 17, presumably he would have been a Boy Seaman before becoming a Midshipman. However his name does not appear in the records below:

UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939 


His Temporary Midshipman details are on "Admiralty: Royal Naval Reserve: Officers' Service Records" dating from after the Triumph was torpedoed.

If he was in the Dardanelles, perhaps he was on a merchant ship and in the RN Reserve after leaving Worcester and witnessed the sinking of the Triumph.


My interest in this topic is due to my grandfather serving as an RN Stoker and surviving the sinking of both the Triumph and the Majestic.


Tony

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The Common Room / Re: Help needed accessing free Fold3 records
« on: Sunday 09 November 25 08:11 GMT (UK)  »
You need to read the small print.
Free access to the featured collections seems to be limited to certain USA forces records only!

https://www.fold3.com/go/free-access?xid=7952&utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=VeteransDayFA_Nov-2025



Tony

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Panama 1942 - want to find out what happened
« on: Saturday 08 November 25 17:29 GMT (UK)  »
How do you know he died in Panama?


Have you excluded this death in Pancras:

Deaths Mar 1942   (>99%)
Rovery    James    41    Pancras    1b   24



Tony

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