Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3903

Gravestone at Kilchattan Cemetery commemorating Private E. Palmer RMLI d. 1915 in the loss of HMS ‘Viknor’

Location

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland

Transcript

'PO/10910 PRIVATE RMLI / E PALMER / HMS VIKNOR / 13TH JANUARY 1915 AGE 31 / THE MISTS HAVE ROLLED AWAY'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Viknor

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Palmer, Edward
Age: 31
Date of Death: 13/1/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: Kevin Byrne 1996

JSON

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