Will O'Brien Posted 3 January , 2005 Share Posted 3 January , 2005 As per CWGC Name: ROSS, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers Unit Text: 1st Garrison Bn. Date of Death: 03/01/1918 Service No: 24908 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 3 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2005 & the memorial info Cemetery: HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON Country: United Kingdom Locality: Hampshire Location Information: The Hollybrook Memorial is situated in Southampton (Hollybrook) Cemetery, which is on high ground in Chilworth Road, Shirley, next to Southampton General Hospital. Historical Information: The Hollybrook Memorial commemorates by name almost 1,900 servicemen and women of the Commonwealth land and air forces* whose graves are not known, many of whom were lost in transports or other vessels torpedoed or mined in home waters. The memorial also bears the names of those who were lost or buried at sea, or who died at home but whose bodies could not be recovered for burial. Almost one third of the names on the memorial are those of officers and men of the South African Native Labour Corps, who died when the troop transport Mendi sank in the Channel following a collision on 21 February 1917. Other vessels sunk with significant loss of life were: HS Anglia, a hospital ship sunk by mine off Dover on 17 November 1915. SS Citta Di Palermo, an Italian transport carrying Commonwealth troops, sunk by mine off Brindisi on 8 January 1916. In rescuing survivors, two Royal Naval Otranto drifters were themselves mined and blown up. HMTs Donegal and Warilda, ambulance transports torpedoed and sunk between Le Havre and Southampton on 17 April 1917 and 3 August 1918. HS Glenart Castle, a hospital ship torpedoed and sunk off Lundy on 26 February 1918. SS Galway Castle, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic on 12 September 1918. RMS Leinster, the Irish mail boat, torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea on 10 October 1918. Among those commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial is Field Marshall Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, who died when the battle cruiser HMS Hampshire was mined and sunk off Scapa Flow on 5 June 1916. The memorial stands in Southampton (Hollybrook) Cemetery, behind the plot of First World War graves near the main entrance. The cemetery also contains burials of the Second World War and war graves of other nationalities. * Officers and men of the Commonwealth's navies who have no grave but the sea are commemorated on memorials elsewhere. No. of Identified Casualties: 1870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 3 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2005 The 1st Garrison Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers spent their war in Malta, so I assume John Ross was a passenger on a ship in transit to or from Malta when he was lost at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KONDOA Posted 4 January , 2005 Share Posted 4 January , 2005 Evening Will, It is also possible he died at sea from malaria/flu etc Hollybrook has a good number who were buried at sea for similar reasons. Roop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 4 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 4 January , 2005 Evening Will, It is also possible he died at sea from malaria/flu etc Hollybrook has a good number who were buried at sea for similar reasons. Roop Indeed........forgot about those options............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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