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Deck Hand WILLIAM SMURTHWAITE

Service Number: 3238SD
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Whaler "Zedwhale."

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITBY (LARPOOL) CEMETERY

Yellow. 7430.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Alice Smurthwaite, of Carr's Yard, Bagdale, Whitby.
  • Personal Inscription ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITBY (LARPOOL) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 106
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