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HMS Ebro, Mercantile Marine (- Merchant Navy) |
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28/10/1918 (Died of Illness) |
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William Semple was the son of John and Eliza Semple, married about 1857. He was born in Magherafelt. He was one of ten children. The family lived in Killyfaddy, just south of Magherafelt. William Semple volunteered in Glasgow in March 1916 and joined the Merchant Navy. His ship was requisitioned. Whilst serving on HMS Ebro, Fireman Semple contracted influenza and died of the ‘Spanish Flu’ in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, on Monday 28th October 1918.
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During the First World War, Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse contained between them the Royal Dockyard, Royal Naval Barracks (known as H.M.S. Vivid), the Royal Marine Barracks of the Plymouth Division, and naval and military hospitals. For the duration of the war, Devonport was made headquarters of the Auxiliary Patrol Area.
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