Kath Posted 27 April , 2020 Share Posted 27 April , 2020 Mark, you may have seen this: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11382600.amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty5 Posted 28 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2020 Thank you very much Kath. Best wishes, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOSTURM Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 I have only recently discovered that my Gradnfathers cousin in Bermondsey was lost on Formidable. He was a 20 years old Stoker 1st Class, Alfred John Anderson No. K/20652. born 6th June 1894 enlisted 8th September 1913. Regards Josturm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty5 Posted 27 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2020 Hi Josturm many thanks for the post. Do you have a photo of him please?? Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOSTURM Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 1 minute ago, potty5 said: Hi Josturm many thanks for the post. Do you have a photo of him please?? Mark. Sadly not, but would like one. Regards Josturm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOSTURM Posted 28 May , 2020 Share Posted 28 May , 2020 This is all I have, plus his entry on the Chatham memorial. I do know that Formidable was his first vessel after training on Pembroke. Alfred John Anderson Rank: Sto 1st Birth Date: 6 Jun 1894 Birth Place: Bermondsey, London Branch of Service: Royal Navy Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action Official Number Port Division: K.20652. (Ch) Death Date: 1 Jan 1915 Ship or Unit: HMS Formidable Location of Grave: Not recorded Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial Relatives Notified and Address: Father: Alfred John 87, New Church St, Jamaica Rd, Bermondsey, SE Regards Josturm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Hi all, my great great uncle Ernest Frederick Cooper died when Formidable sank. Sadly his death hit his mum so badly that she never spoke of it and didn't have any pictures of him. We have nothing at all of his and never seen a picture. If anyone can help me find a photo it would be amazing. Thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty5 Posted 3 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Found this of Ernest, but unfortunately no photo. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 February , 2021 Share Posted 2 February , 2021 I have this photograph of I can only assume was a relation of mine as I discovered it in a box of family correspondence and photographs left by my late father. I have no idea who this person was as there is no indication on the picture or it's reverse. Hope it is useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty5 Posted 2 February , 2021 Author Share Posted 2 February , 2021 Dear Blues, thank you so much for image. What was your father's surname please. May have been a relation. Best wishes, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARABIS Posted 2 February , 2021 Share Posted 2 February , 2021 The lad in the photograph is from the Training Ship Formidable at Portishead which took boys from age 11-14. Note the lack of HMS on his cap ribbon. ARABIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 February , 2021 Share Posted 2 February , 2021 Mark, I am sorry but I am sure there is no relation to my paternal side as for three generations we have been sole children. Thanks to Arabis I have another clue and I will research further. Any gen I obtain I will forward to you. Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 13 April , 2021 Share Posted 13 April , 2021 If possible, I’d appreciate any more information or photo of my great-uncle: ORDINARY SEAMAN OLIVER WILLIAM JAMES DAY Service Number: J/23037 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. "Formidable." Date of Death Died 01 January 1915 Age 18 years old As a side note, his brother...another great-uncle of mine...Dermot Gerald Day was born in 1914, served in the 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, and would die as a prisoner of the Japanese in 1943 while constructing the Burma Railway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KizmeRD Posted 13 April , 2021 Share Posted 13 April , 2021 (edited) Oliver Day joined the Royal Navy on 26th February 1913 initially as a Boy seaman, and subsequently as an Ordinary Seaman. He served aboard HMS Formidable (a pre-dreadnought battleship) from 21st November 1913 until his untimely end in January 1915. Formidable was sunk in the English Channel by torpedoes fired from German U-boat U-24. MB Home town: Abingdon, Berks. Service doc available to download from TNA https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6875095 Edited 13 April , 2021 by KizmeRD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 13 April , 2021 Share Posted 13 April , 2021 Hi @cawallis188 and welcome to the forum. WW1 Naval Casualties records that Ordinary Seaman J.23037 (Ch) Oliver William James Day, Royal Navy, was born Abingdon, Berkshire, on the 25th February 1896. His body was not recovered for burial following the loss of HMS Formidable. Next of kin informed of his death was his father, William M, of 12 Creighton Terrace, Kings Road, Belmont, Surrey. The file @KizmeRD has linked to in his post can currently be downloaded for free from the National Archive. You do need to sign in with an account, but if you don't have one, even that can be set up as part of placing your first order. No financial details are required. I did check out the British Newspaper Archive via FindMyPast but didn't come across any specific items on him - however the transcriptions on that source are less than ideal, and of course many titles are not on line, but copies may exist in the relevant county archive. Local newspapers are far and away your most likely source for a picture if one no longer exists in the family. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 April , 2021 Share Posted 16 April , 2021 @KizmeRDand @PRCThank you both for the information and your time! I truly appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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