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Individual records of those commemorated on the Eston War Memorial, 1914–1918.
Showing 378 records – page 9 of 16
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H.M.S. Pl y m. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who was found drowned on the 12th May 1943 aged 20 years. The son o f Murdo and Alexandrina Grant , 45 Midmills Road, Inverness. H.M.S Ply m had been built at Smith's Dock shipyard at South Bank and formally commissioned into the Royal Navy four days after his death. The ship, a River Class Frigate was later used as the detonation platform for the UK's first nuclear in weapon in Operation Hurricane. A 25-kiloton Atom Bomb was detonated a few seconds before 09:30 local time on the 3rd October 1952 approximately 400 metres (440 yards) from the island of Trimouille in the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia. Although data acquisition would have been simplified by detonating the bomb from a tower above the ground or sea surface, it was conducted aboard 'Plym' in order to simulate the effects of a nuclear weapon being smuggled into a British harbour aboard a ship. In Ever L o ving Memory Of A Dear Son And Brother Remembere d With Honour Eston Cem e tery. P.83
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on the 7th May 1947 aged 21 years. Colin was aboard Wellington RP520 belonging to 10 Air Navigation School practising circuits and landings at RAF Driffield. Elevator control was lost and a crash landing was attempted but the aircraft came down in Elmswell Wood, Garton, near Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, killing Colin and the pilot Flight Lieutenant Vincent Sydney Walker aged 27yrs. The son of Allan Hanson Hardwick and Jane Hardwick of 20 Guisborough Street, Eston. In Our Memories For Ever Dear Remembered With Honour Eston Cemetery . P.78
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