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First Name: | Thomas | Last Name: | PHIPPS |
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| Date of Death: | 31/10/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Wood Green | |
| Rank: | Stoker1 | Unit: | HMS Hermes | |
| Memorial Site: | 1. Wood Green Memorial 2. Chatham Naval Memorial | |||
Current Information:
HMS Hermes was a cruiser, built in the 1890s and modified in 1913 as a seaplane carrier. In 1914 she was used to ferry equipment to France. Leaving Dunkirk on 31st October 1914 she was spotted and torpedoed by the German submarine U-27 and sank in the Straits of Dover with the loss of 44 men, one of whom was Thomas Phipps. |
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