Biggles Posted 21 September , 2019 Posted 21 September , 2019 Hello all, I cannot find details of this fishing smack, registered Brixham, No. BM321. Can anyone tell me the name (Terminist?) of this vessel and any details of service? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Caleb
helpjpl Posted 21 September , 2019 Posted 21 September , 2019 (edited) 1. Here she is: http://www.freedom-computers.co.uk/zone6/Vessels_479.html Misnamed here: 2. Edit @ 09:53: http://brixhammuseum.uk/onewebmedia/WWI_Booklet_LowRes_A4.pdf 3. UB 37 - see 28 November 1916: https://uboat.net/wwi/boats/successes/ub37.html 4. Brixham Museum: https://brixhammuseum.uk/contact us.html JP Edited 21 September , 2019 by helpjpl
helpjpl Posted 21 September , 2019 Posted 21 September , 2019 findmypast newspaper archive - attack on the Brixham fishing fleet by UB 37 on 28 November 1916 (I don't have a subscription): https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1916-12-01&date_offsetdate=1916-12-07&lastname=amphitrite&exactnames=true&exactkeywords=false&_=1569060220141&page=0 JP
Admin DavidOwen Posted 21 September , 2019 Admin Posted 21 September , 2019 A brief mention in a Brixham pamphlet - names the ship's cook. http://brixhammuseum.uk/onewebmedia/WWI_Booklet_LowRes_A4.pdf Looks like his medal card here https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7982511 Even more interesting, George joined the RAF in 1919... FMP link possibly more to come.... .......There are RNR records for him at TNA - he enrolled July 1921 - multiple references to him under a number of service numbers but all seem to be similar records when viewed via preview: one example https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8488385
helpjpl Posted 21 September , 2019 Posted 21 September , 2019 1911 Census (courtesy of ancestry) - George Loram Bridge, father, and George Loram Bridge, son, of Brixham: JP
helpjpl Posted 21 September , 2019 Posted 21 September , 2019 34 minutes ago, DavidOwen said: A brief mention in a Brixham pamphlet - names the ship's cook. http://brixhammuseum.uk/onewebmedia/WWI_Booklet_LowRes_A4.pdf Looks like his medal card here https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7982511 Even more interesting, George joined the RAF in 1919... FMP link possibly more to come.... .......There are RNR records for him at TNA - he enrolled July 1921 - multiple references to him under a number of service numbers but all seem to be similar records when viewed via preview: one example https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8488385 At this stage we don't know if it was the father George Loram Bridge, fisherman, on board the Terminist on 28 November 1916 or his son George Loram Bridge or maybe both. See 1911 census in #5. JP
Admin DavidOwen Posted 21 September , 2019 Admin Posted 21 September , 2019 5 minutes ago, helpjpl said: At this stage we don't know if it was the father George Loram Bridge, fisherman, on board the Terminist on 28 November 1916 or his son George Loram Bridge or maybe both. See 1911 census in #5. JP Good point JP. David
Admin DavidOwen Posted 21 September , 2019 Admin Posted 21 September , 2019 In 1913 the father was on board Wilbertern as 2nd Hand - the master being a Samuel Loram (relative?) Wilbertern was trawling in the English Channel FMP link
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