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djcollins
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I have just found out that over half of the 104 officers and men were died in the 'Battle of the Isle of May' in 1918, when 2 Royal Navy K class Submarines were sunk and others damaged in collisions with each other and accompanying ships, are commemorated in Handsworth Cemetery. As the incident occured off the Firth of Forth on the East coast of Scotland, this seems unusual. There are twice as meny names of the dead on this Memorial as on the Memorials at Portsmouth or Plymouth. The Handsworth Memorial includes names from all over the country and the Portsmouth and Plymouth Memorials contain names from the midlands.
Can anybody give an explanation for this, I am hopefully going to visit Handsworth Cemetery on Sunday to see if there is any clue there.
Regards,
David Collins
Can anybody give an explanation for this, I am hopefully going to visit Handsworth Cemetery on Sunday to see if there is any clue there.
Regards,
David Collins