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'SIGNALMAN S,M I,TH;

the ~ Royar j
'2;' Que'~ri'I '
I rresiimile.·
·Dardane'les.

Gn

I\.rethus.a.
, . Heligoland and
action . ..11 othnr ~n. and torpedo tu~ .
potarily disabled. Her crew bad, l.'''''A''''''
faction 01 badly damaging " lal'lre Ge,rmtan
while thanks to ' H.M.S. Fearless and

dUNnG the
,at Ailtwarp
Qlr,!!a!),;: a!,d

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troyers she herself wae 80. voo {rom mor"a
ishm'cnt and pos.iblo capture.
board is likely to [orget tho thrillijDI!" tixP.e!~'~~,,,

·The Arethu!la w~s also ongagad tIl
Battlii and conveyed . the '. survivore of
~ Edinburgh .'
Signalman Smith ,
~me ' mementoos which\ " 'oro give'n '
sailors of the Blucher, who greatly aPllreclljted
kindnoM ·of tho men' of ,the A
.
oon.• i.ted . at a , khiIo, . copper w ...Cln ·,c'D "m,
!dCJ11tifi9"t~0!> tin· with the' nam~
.t, German naval badges, eta.
.
Smith, whose father i. serving .with' the No.tiott"}

t is bfl..a8t~y; ~d

the' "rpt.hu5."\ !-l inco.

f'I ,'\

0. new bOl\t .

mother T,,~ides tit 3J1i.
·,street nn,j ' ho has' an uncle at p!6.
- TI-IN SINKING: OF THE BLOc,:lHl$t.
~omrni8s i(l'l.

lr;.~ ,

In a. Ipt.tcr ,recontly r et'(\ivorl Signalman
""yo: "Wo took parb in th o last eea b"Ul"
".d some oxcitilig times. Woo wero witb.~

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f

~i8 .'
flIp,ldly. b(lQQll}lPg sea~on:~,
.I .. DlI)';et . f,,~. better ' ill . ,

: 1.1'(1

I four~~kI! smoe' i wore
sti+ now one'-e.:dd:pCa'
.I

6ffen

: a .knife

on

CO·jllw, . B,nn

Bt:opsuddenly and

1-.0 eat

wi~.': mst,ead of '..

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School.

300. Boforo jo inill!\, t',o A rot.hu ... ho'
. the Amof.hYllt ancl ·Albemarle. He

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Resor'Vo at Portsmouth, wae educa.tOO

H. was alwav. a smart ' lad,
On the tra.inin$Z shio. Gnnge8 won an e led,'o-lllatO<j
d. , p kn.ro a. t.h~ c1~~no.t boy in the

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Mr. Lionel 'West: who ' is with tho
e been klfted.
E~ditionary
F~~: ut .Egypt, saye ' in
,hll . ." ".ath .... . I'n
uy that ' -,. 10m.: _ ' reCeiVed this w~k~-" W.e.are lilloVing
80<>1·. tim~~ a.lthov.gh·-it ' iii 'pretty " Gold
m':S1'1K.... . He
't\lI ·
~ig~tf . vu.. };rigad~ ..hM belm ·de,.olrib,ejI.
mOBt~ efficient : thllot hM ever
, Australie... We. are
8b06~iig ,.nd ·' marching

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Much re~iet

f?l~by a wide qircle of friend~ '
a.nd. a.e'lUIloIDta.ne~ · ,d ' Bracknell. ",hen : neW8 of
Llonce-Corporllol J o~n. . Beptt;, of' Ea:sth8nip~te8.d I

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I\on~ I. well-kpown . andpoptilar member ot· thJ
R(a.ding Athletic Club. ' ;W88 1'\1celied ' stating
: th~~!l ~:..a -.11 <right. . NoQ~hins h~ .~~~n lJ1!~rid,
ot . h!Dl for_ 'J8 Ld,."JI, . He '
,,~od.l , se:~il
master. and DAQ IIolJlo -achieved ' some' ISUOC(!ssesl'
. in_ o~()88-(1onntJ:,:1 . ruDni~g. with' t.be R.;A:. C. · PlIt.

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