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Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Service Number |
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OXTOBY |
John Rowland |
Ships Cook |
N/A |
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Place of birth |
Age |
Regiment / Ship |
Date of death |
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Hull |
21 |
S.S. Cambric (Hull), Mercantile Marine |
Wed. 31st Oct. 1917 |
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Last known military action |
Location of death |
Cause of death |
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Drowning |
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Cemetery/ Memorial |
Plot/Plaque |
Country |
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Tower Hill Memorial, Triinty Square, London |
21.6. |
England |
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Known family |
Family details |
Town of origin |
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Mary Annie Oxtoby(nee Jenkinson) (Wife), John Oxtoby (Father) 7 Annie Oxtoby (Mother) |
Wife resided at 11, Mitford St. |
Filey |
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Decorations |
UK memorials commemorated on |
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Filey town memorial, St. Oswalds church memorial |
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Notes |
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Has no known resting place. It was reported that his ship had met with a mishap at sea, after being torpedoed whilst on a mission in the Meditteranean. Nothing was ever heard of the crew again. He had previously been shipwrecked three times during the course of the war, and had been rescued. Mentioned in the Scarborough Mercury (Filey News) on 16th November 1917, 1st November 1918. |
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