Malcolm12hl Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 Private Percy Cyril Steadman, TF/1118, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment landed with his battalion at Suvla Bay on 9 August 1915, was wounded on 23 August, and died of his wounds on 29 August. The local Surrey newspaper reported that he died of his wounds on a hospital ship on its way to Malta and was buried at sea. I would be very interested to know if it is possible to identify the hospital ship involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 2 hours ago, Malcolm12hl said: Private Percy Cyril Steadman, TF/1118, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment landed with his battalion at Suvla Bay on 9 August 1915, was wounded on 23 August, and died of his wounds on 29 August. The local Surrey newspaper reported that he died of his wounds on a hospital ship on its way to Malta and was buried at sea. I would be very interested to know if it is possible to identify the hospital ship involved. It was the Neuralia according to the soldier's effects records. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm12hl Posted 19 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 19 June , 2018 Craig, Thank you very much for identifying the hospital ship as the NEURALIA. For some reason Percy Steadman did not come up on my search of the Soldier's Effects collection, so I am glad that you found him. Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil McOmber Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 Question: Is the Soldier's Effects collection a website that I could look up my relative from the WWI? Thanks, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinBattle Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 (edited) You can access them on Anc*stry. Try using the Military section as a Search parameter and it should turn up quite a few records, Soldiers Died, sometimes an entry in De Ruvigny's as well as Medal Index and Rolls. Have a go and come back if you haven't succeeded. Edited 19 June , 2018 by KevinBattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 1 hour ago, Malcolm12hl said: Craig, Thank you very much for identifying the hospital ship as the NEURALIA. For some reason Percy Steadman did not come up on my search of the Soldier's Effects collection, so I am glad that you found him. Malcolm He is not indexed correctly (I have submitted a correction but Ancestry will update it on the 32nd of Never). Here's his entry - https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=doM269&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=gx/v6%2BAlAhHkSfzLC0TGgA%3D%3D&db=UKArmyRegistersEffects&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=percy&gsfn_x=0&gsln=cyril&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&uidh=784&pcat=39&fh=0&h=712650&recoff=3 4&ml_rpos=1 Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm12hl Posted 19 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 19 June , 2018 No wonder I couldn't find him - thank you again Craig. My history of British India Steam Navigation says that NEURALIA was trooping up to June 1915, so she must have been a fairly recent conversion to a hospital ship in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 (edited) On 21st July 1915 she was sporting Hospital Ship markings as this sketch at IWM shows There is a War Diary but it doesn't start until 1/1/17 Charlie Edited 19 June , 2018 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 3 minutes ago, charlie962 said: On 21st July 1915 she was sporting Hospital Ship markings as this sketch at IWM shows There is a War Diary but it doesn't start until 1/1/17 Charlie Beat me to it, I was just about to post the same image. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm12hl Posted 19 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 19 June , 2018 Thank you gentlemen. It is actually quite a good representation of the Neuralia too! Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinBattle Posted 19 June , 2018 Share Posted 19 June , 2018 SS Jellyfish doesn't create a good image! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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