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Hi List,
One of my colleagues at work whose grandfather, Thomas Kennedy, was lost on HMS Formidable in 1915, has asked me for help putting some light on this rating's RN career.
I have downloaded Thomas Kennedy's service record from the National Archives here.
Those of you who have followed the Thomas Denn Diary thread (History > 1919 Diary ID) will know my research methodology by now and may well groan at yet another thread being opened by sea_mine :lol: - however, I promise to make it as painless as possible :!:
What I would like to do, with the help of you guys, is to go down through his service record and have a look at each ship he served on. It would be interesting if we could track, as far as possible, the travels of each vessel while Kennedy was onboard up until he was lost when HMS Formidable sunk on New Years morning, 1915.
The Wikipedia article on HMS Formidable (not the WWII Carrier of the same name) is here.
I'll halt here for a while until you guys have had a chance to look at Kennedy's service record. Suggestions and corrections as always, are welcomed and appreciated.
Thanks,
Pat
One of my colleagues at work whose grandfather, Thomas Kennedy, was lost on HMS Formidable in 1915, has asked me for help putting some light on this rating's RN career.
I have downloaded Thomas Kennedy's service record from the National Archives here.
Those of you who have followed the Thomas Denn Diary thread (History > 1919 Diary ID) will know my research methodology by now and may well groan at yet another thread being opened by sea_mine :lol: - however, I promise to make it as painless as possible :!:
What I would like to do, with the help of you guys, is to go down through his service record and have a look at each ship he served on. It would be interesting if we could track, as far as possible, the travels of each vessel while Kennedy was onboard up until he was lost when HMS Formidable sunk on New Years morning, 1915.
The Wikipedia article on HMS Formidable (not the WWII Carrier of the same name) is here.
I'll halt here for a while until you guys have had a chance to look at Kennedy's service record. Suggestions and corrections as always, are welcomed and appreciated.
Thanks,
Pat