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Name

Thomas William Clark

Birth: 19 June 1891, Stepney, Middlesex

Death: 15 October 1914, HMS Hawke   Tree

Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial. Panel 4

 

Rank: Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy

Service no. K/9966

Enlistment Date: 06 January 1911

Ships served on: Pembroke II, St. George, ?, Pembroke, Blenheim, Tyne, Pembroke, Hawke

Medals: 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, British Medal

Navy Service Record and Roll:

  

HMS Hawke, a protected cruiser completed in 1893, saw pre-war service in the Mediterranean and famously collided with the White Star liner Olympic in 1911. When war came, this elderly ship served as part of the Royal Navy blockade, established to prevent German ships from reaching the open Atlantic. On 15th October 1914 she was sunk by the German submarine U-9 in the North Sea about 60 nautical miles off Aberdeen. 527 men were lost, 451 of whom, including Captain Williams, are commemorated at Chatham.

Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, FindMyPast, Chatham Naval Memorial

 

 

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  06 June 2015