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Born-Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire

On 2nd June, 1917, HT (Hired Transport) Cameronian was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea when 50 miles from her destination, Alexandria in Egypt. The following is a description of her sinking from the ‘Dictionary of Disasters During the Age of Steam 1824-1962’ by Charles Hocking. "In the early morning of June 2nd, 1917, the Cameronian, Capt R Roberts, carrying a large number of mules, with a few soldiers to look after them, was torpedoed by a submarine when 50 miles N.W. by N. one quarter N. of Alexandria, her destination. Unfortunately a number of men were asleep in hammocks on the lower deck. The explosion flooded this deck and all the men were drowned, the ship sinking in five minutes.”

Among those who lost their lives was Horace Furlong of the Royal Army Service Corps Horse Transport Depot based in Salonika.