Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 2. p 306

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Title Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 2. p 306
Date 1917
Page number 306
Publisher Unknown
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ROYAL NAVY: THREE "œ NATAL" € VICTIMS.

The late FRANK B. HEWETT, 1st class ship's steward , H . M . S . Natal , son of ex - Police - Sergt .Hewett, Abingdon.
Lost in explosion on H . M . S . Natal .

The late ALFRED THOMAS KEY , ship's steward assistant on H . M . S . Natal,
20, Rose Street, Wokingham. He was a survivor of the explosion which destroyed
that battlecruiser , but was afterwards accidentally drowned from H . M . S . Rowan in Mudros Harbour ,
Dardanelles.

The late Leading Stoker JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN, H.M.S.Natal ,Cholmeley Road,
Reading . - €” Lost in explosion on H . M . S . Natal .

GEORGE HENRY HUNT,A.B., Hawke Batt. Royal Naval Div., 18 Cambridge Place, Reading. - Wounded.

The late Gnr. WM . G. STUART , Royal Marine Artillery, Runnymede, Thames Avenue, Pangbourne. - €” Lost in explosion on H . M . S . Natal .

FRANK FLETCHER, Royal Naval Division Supply Train, Albert Road, Bracknell. - Sick.

AS HARD AS IRON. - These Jolly Jack Tars, who hail from Reading, are typical "handy men", members of the crew of H.M.S. Iron Duke, Sir John Jellicoe's flagship.

DENNIS TAYLOR , A . B . , 23, Filey Road , Reading. - ” A survivor of the crew of the
auxilliary cruiser Bayano , torpedoed off the Wigtown coast.