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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 996 Send Message	Keith	Report	28 Jul 2007 20:50
	Have you looked at the CWGC Record. It shows his name as being on the Tower Hill Memorial - I don't think that GRO entries are always made unless there is a body, but others may know deifferently. Keith
	Researching: Fletcher May Allison Ashcroft Moore
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9 259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	27 Jul 2007 23:23
	Have you checked the Marine Deaths 1903 to 1965 on Find my past Roy
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 456 Send Message	Pat from Wesham	Report	27 Jul 2007 22:27
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 456 Send Message	My Great Uncle John Semple from Millom Cumberland, was killed on August 12th 1915. when the ship he was on the SS Jacona (Merchant Navy) struck a mine of Fraserburgh Scotland and sank, I have been unable to find a death record for him, then I thought could he have been registered in Scotland, would that have been the norm? Perplexed Pat.
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 456 Send Message	Pat from Wesham	Report	27 Jul 2007 22:23
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