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First Name: William George Last Name: CASTLE
Date of Death: 22/08/1916 Lived/Born In: Brockley
Rank: Petty Officer Unit: HM Submarine E16
Memorial Site: Chatham Naval Memorial

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Age-36

62, Malpas Road, Brockley

 

HM Submarine E16 sailed from Harwich on 18th August, 1916 on a North Sea patrol. She was last sighted thirty five miles east of Yarmouth and then not seen again. On 22nd August she hit a mine while in the Heligoland Bight and sank. All of her crew of thirty one were killed. Included among these was William Castle.

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