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Edward Rowe

Rank: 
Acting Gunner
Regimental number: 
232720
Unit at enlistment: 
H.M.S. Monmouth
Force: 
R.N.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 1st, 1914
Cemetery: 
Plymouth Naval Memorial - Panel 4
Commemorated at: 
War Memorial, Town Hall, Chester, Cheshire
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Cheshire
Birth city: 
Chester
Address at enlistment: 
Chester, England
Next of kin address: 
Chester, England
Trade or calling: 
Sailor
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
25

Letters and documents

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Grave Registration Documents - Registers

Edward Rowe, Leading Cook's Mate, 232270, RN, H.M.S. "Monmouth."  Killed in Action at Battle of Coronel, 1st Nov. 1914. 4

BX December 1, 1914

Had Nephew on Monmouth – Brantford Woman Receives Word that Relative Went Down with British Warship

Mrs. A. Williams, of 23 Glanville Avenue, city, has just received the sad intelligence that her nephew, Gunner Edward Rowe, lost his life on the ill fated Monmouth. He was on the H.M.S. Hogue, as acting gunner, when that ship was sunk. He was one of the survivors and was transferred to the Monmouth, where he acted as cook. The deceased was about 25 years old and had had about nine year’s naval service.

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