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First Name: | William George | Last Name: | HORWOOD |
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| Date of Death: | 26/12/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Leyton | |
| Rank: | Stoker1 | Unit: | HM Submarine E6 | |
| Memorial Site: | 1. Leyton Library 2. Chatham Naval Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-21 43 Crescent Road, Leyton HM Submarine E6 left Harwich on 26th December, 1915, to carry out an anti-submarine patrol in the North Sea. Passing the Sunk Light Vessel, just off the coast near Harwich, she was warned by a torpedo boat to keep clear of the area because mines had been laid there by the German submarine UC-5. For reasons unknown this warning was not heeded and HM Submarine E6 hit a mine and sank with the loss of 31 lives, including Stoker William Horwood |
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