Name
Edwin George Harrison
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/06/1916
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Chief Cook
346362
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Hampshire
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
F. 31A.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial
St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Wartime Service
The 10,850 Ton Armed Cruiser was sunk by a mine from the submarine U-75 off of the Orkney Islands on the 05/06/16, with only 12 men surviving. On board the ship at the time, were the Army commander in Chief, Lord Kitchener and his staff all of whom perish
Additional Information
Son of Edward H. and Mary A. Harrison, of 7, Icknield Way, Baldock, Herts; Husband of the late Charlotte A. Harrison.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
