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First Name: | Reginald Charles | Last Name: | CHAPELLE |
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| Date of Death: | 25/04/1918 | Lived/Born In: | Wanstead | |
| Rank: | Sub Lieutenant | Unit: | HMS St Seiriol | |
| Memorial Site: | Wanstead Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-27 90, Dover Road, Wanstead Woodgrange Park Cemetery, East Ham
The St. Seiriol started life as a passenger ship for the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company but at the end of 1915 she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use as a Minesweeper and became HMS St. Seiriol. On 25th April, 1918, while operating in the North Sea, she herself hit a mine laid by the German submarine UC-4, near the North Shipwash Light Vessel, Harwich and sank. Twelve of her crew, including Reginald Chapelle, lost their lives in this incident. |
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