First Name: | Frank Gordon | Last Name: | WHITE | |
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Date of Death: | 17/06/1917 | Lived/Born In: | Honor Oak | |
Rank: | Steward2 | Unit: | HMS Tartar | |
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Current Information:Age-20 1, Netherby Road, Honor Oak
HMS Tartar was a Tribal class destroyer that served with the Dover Patrol during the First World War. On 17th June, 1917 she struck a mine, laid by the German submarine, UC-65 near Boulogne, The ship was badly damaged but did not sink. However forty five members of her crew lost their lives in the incident, one of them being Frank White. |
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