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Stoker Fred Barnett No: 8572, of the Royal Navy, was on loan to HMAS Australia when he died of illness on 5.3.1918, aged 35. Fred was born c1883 in Australia, and his Parents were Fred and Henrietta Barnett, Ealing. Sister Catherine is listed as next of kin. Fred is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 461, Queensferry Cemetery and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Petty Officer Robert Charles Keene No: 237605, of the Royal Navy, serving on HMS Victory, R.N. Barracks/Base, was born on 16.1.1890 in Hornchurch, Essex. His Parents were Joshua and Cemmeshaw Jessie Keene, of Post Office, Frome, Somerset. He had 2 brothers and 3 Sisters, and his Mother died before 1901. Robert died of illness on 14.3.1918 aged 28. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 462, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Sapper William Lawson No: 423021 of the Royal Engineers, 2nd/5th Edinburgh Electric Light Co, enlisted in Edinburgh. His Parents were Alexander and Margaret Lawson ms Hunter. He died of Asphyxia, on 30.3.1918 aged 39, found in the bed of a small stream near Engineers Huts, Hound Point. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 661, Queensferry Cemetery. William was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Sick Berth Steward Eugene Makoveyeff No: 4037 of Royal Navy, serving on HMAS Australia, enlisted on 24.8.1914, aged 42. His Sister Olga, of Southend on Sea, was listed as next of kin. He was born on 18.9.1871 in London. He died of Pneumonia on 13.5.1918, aged 46, in RN Hospital, South Queensferry. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 463, Queensferry Cemetery. Eugene was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Donkeyman Thomas Fairhurst, of Mercantile Marines, serving on SS John Shaw, died on 19.5.1918. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 464, Queensferry Cemetery. (A Donkeyman was responsible for looking after a Donkey Engine, in ships engine Room).
Trimmer Jacob Mabrook, of Mercantile Marines, serving on HMS Soudan, died on 2.6.1918. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 465, Queensferry Cemetery and was awarded the Mercantile Marine War Medal.
Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones, of Royal Australian Navy, No:3624, serving on HMAS Australia, enlisted on 27.3.1917. He was born on 27.3.1899 in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, to Edward and Alice Jones. He died on 18.6.1918, aged 19 and is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 466, Queensferry Cemetery.
THE SPANISH INFLUENZA
The pandemic lasted from approximately July 1918 to April 1919 with a major peak in the UK between September 1918 and January 1919. It can be assumed that the vast majority of illness deaths in these periods were due to the Spanish flu.
Private George William Delves, No: CH/15628, Royal Marine Light Infantry, serving on SS Wilston, enlisted in Portsmouth on 5.1.1897. He was born on 11.11.1879 in London. William died of illness on 7.7.1918 aged 38. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 467, Queensferry Cemetery and was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Lieutenant Louis Blumfeld, Royal Navy, serving on HMS Inflexible, son of Col. James Louis and Beatrice Blumfeld, of West Brompton, London, was born on 28.5.1893, and died of illness on 23.7.1918, aged 25. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 468, Queensferry Cemetery and was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Ordinary Seaman John Macdonald, No: J/7248, of the Royal Navy, serving on HMS Orion, was born on 10.5.1888 in South Uist, Inverness-shire, son of Angus and Bella Macdonald, of South Uist. He died by drowning on 31.7.1918, aged 30, and is buried in Commonwealth Grave, Ref: 469 Queensferry Cemetery. John was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Able Seaman William George Harris, No: M28616, of Mercantile Marines, serving on SS Soudan, died on 6.8.1918 and is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 476, Queensferry Cemetery., and was awarded the Mercantile Marine War Medal.
Lieutenant Commander George Edwin Mathews of the Royal Navy, serving on HMS Sable, born 28.8.1887, enlisted on 15.1.1904. He died on 18.10.1918 aged 31. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 446, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded 'Officer of the Military Order of Avis' conferred by the President of the Portuguese Republic-Gazette 4.2.1921 (which wears the badge of the Order on a ribbon with rosette on the left chest). For appreciation of the manner in which the escort of Portuguese transport from Lisbon and Brest was carried out. Also the Victory and British War Medals.
Able Seaman Walter Goble, No: J/49516 of the Royal Navy, serving on HMS Victory, R.N. Barracks/Base, was born on 1.5.1897, in Ditchling, Sussex, Son of Richard and Jane Goble of Hassocks, Sussex, died of illness on 23.10.1918 aged 21. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 473, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the British War Medal.
Gunner Herbert Edward Fox Gore, No: RMA/1444, of Royal Marines Artillery (Short Service), based at Kinghorn Anti- Aircraft Station, Son of Herbert Reginald and Kate Emily Gore, of Hounslow, Middlesex, born c1894, died on 25.10.1918 aged 24. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 474, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Trimmer Alfred Marshall No: 964057, of Mercantile Marine Reserve, serving on HMS Crescent, born c1895, died from illness, on 25.10.1918, aged 23. Next of Kin, Cousin, Lewis Pera, Leachmore Lane, Colombo, Ceylon, was notified. Alfred is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 472, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the British War Medal.
Chief Motor Mechanic Percy Nudds, No: MB/1120, of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, London Motor Boat Section, based at MB Reserve, H.M.L.L. ‘295’, was born on 27.4.1884, Son of John Nudds, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. He died on 26.10.1918, aged 32. Percy is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 471, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine War Medal and British War Medal.
Cook Harry Everett, of Mercantile Marines, serving on SS Garth Castle, born c1853, died on 28.10.1918, during a Flu Epidemic on board ship, which killed 21 men over 10 days. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 460, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine War Medal, and British War Medal.
Greaser Henry Gilbert Lovell of Mercantile Marines, serving on SS Garth Castle, born 1854, died on 31.10 1918, aged 65, during a Flu epidemic on board, which killed 21 men over 10 days. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 640, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine War Medal and the British War Medal.
Lieutenant Frank Conway Peet, of Royal Navy, serving on HMS Rocket, born 30.8.1891, enlisted on 15.1.1904. He died from illness on 31.10 1918 aged 27. He is buried on Commonwealth Grave Ref: 442, Queensferry Cemetery.He was awarded 'Officer of the Military Order of Avis' conferred by the President of the Portuguese Republic,-(Gazette 4.2.1921), which wears the badge of the Order on a ribbon with rosette on the left chest. For appreciation of the manner in which the escort of Portuguese transport from Lisbon and Brest was carried out. He was also awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Officer's Steward 1st Class Frederick Garrett, No: L/2088, of Royal Navy, serving on HMS King George V, born on 26.9.1893 in Kentish Town, London, died from illness, on 1.11.1918, aged 26. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 475, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Lieutenant Norman Royston of Royal Air Force, serving with G Fleet, was a Balloon Observer on HMS Fearless. He was born on 22.6.1899. His Parents lived in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. He died on board HMS Fearless, of Pneumonia, on 5.11.1918, aged 19. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 443, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Victory and British war Medals.
Midshipman Ivor Neil Treasure, of Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, serving on HMS Tancred, drowned on 11.11.1918. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 440, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Lieutenant John Stanley Robinson, of Naval Instruction, Royal Navy, serving on HMS Royal Oak, born in 1888 in Malta, Son of Walter and Janet Robinson, died from illness, on 13.11.1918, aged 30. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 445, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Arthur George Billson, No: 242682, of Royal Air Force Kite Balloon Section, formerly the Royal Naval Air Service, which on April 1, 1918, RNAS merged with the Royal Flying Corps, to form the RAF. Born 11.2.1881, in London, Son of Sidney and Emily Billson, and Husband of Ethel Billson, London. He was employed by London County Council in the Parks Department. He died of Influenza, in Queensferry, on 16.11.1918, aged 38. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 476, Queensferry Cemetery.
Petty Officer Upton Selway, No: 227897, of The Royal Navy Aircraft Kite Balloon Section, serving on HMS Neptune, born on 3.5.1887 in Edinburgh, Son of George and Elizabeth Selway, later in Wimbourne, Dorset, died of Influenza, on 30.11.1918, aged 31. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 578, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Officers Cook 1st Class Ernest John Ferris No: 365682, of the Royal Navy, serving on HMS Munster, born 12.12.1890, in Ballyboggan, Meath, Ireland. He died of illness on 4.12.1918, aged 28. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 479, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Private Martin Teirney No:375245, of Depot, Royal Scots, based at Inverness, was born on 27.7.1888 in West End, Queensferry, to Patrick and Margaret Teirney. Husband of Marjory Teirney, he died of Influenzal Pneumonia at Edinburgh Infirmary on 5.12.1918 aged 30. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 359, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. (To read more about Martin, see Memorials 1918).
Able Seaman Robert Leonard Gamble No: J/30047, of Royal Navy serving on HMS Munster, born 24.11.1898 in Hackney, London, Son of Elizabeth Taylor, formerly Gamble and GF Taylor (Step Father) London, died in Butlaw Naval Hospital, of Influenzal Pneumonia on 5.12.1918 aged 20. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 481, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Lieutenant Douglas Kennedy Trollope of Royal Navy, serving on HMS Tobago, born 9.2.1897, enlisted in January 1910. Son of Mr and Mrs Henry Trollope, of Kent, he was educated at Osborne and Dartmouth Colleges. He died of illness on 11.12.1918 aged 21. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 441, Queensferry Cemetery. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British war Medals.
Leading Signalman Horace Wall No: 220825, of Royal Navy, serving on HMS Blake, born 20.11.1886 in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, died from Influenza on 24.11.1918, aged 32. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 477, Queensferry Cemetery. Horace was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
Able Seaman Frederick John Manning, No: MMR/ 507186, of Mercantile Marine Reserves, serving on HMS Crescent, died of illness in Rosyth, on 9.12.1918. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 480, Queensferry Cemetery, and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Private William Smith No: PO/19614 of Royal Marine Light Infantry, serving on HMS St Vincent, born 25.2.1899, enlisted on 4.9.1916. He died of illness, on 12.12.1918 aged 20. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 482, Queensferry Cemetery and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Able Seaman William McLean Weir No: J/41175 of Royal Navy, serving on HMS Malaya, born in Edinburgh in 8.10.1899, Son of James and Mary Weir, Edinburgh, died from illness, on 17.12.1918, aged 19. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 483, Queensferry Cemetery. William was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Stoker John Rush No: V/ 457 of Royal Navy Reserves, serving on HMS Tiger, born 16.1.1867 in Liverpool, died from illness, on 23.12.1918, aged 50. He is buried in Commonwealth Grave Ref: 484, Queensferry Cemetery. John was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War Medals.
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