First Name: | William Richard Cass | Last Name: | DOWSETT | |
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Date of Death: | 03/11/1914 | Lived/Born In: | London | |
Rank: | Signalman | Unit: | HM Submarine D5 | |
Memorial Site: | Portsmouth Naval Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-20
On 3rd November 1914, HM Submarine D5 was sunk by a mine in the North Sea not far from Great Yarmouth. Some reports say that it hit a mine laid by the German ship SMS Straslund while others state it was a floating British mine that had come adrift. Either way it resulted in the deaths of 21 members of its crew including William Dowsett. There were only 5 survivors. |
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