Biographical Data
Woodley, Edward Arthur If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Ordinary Seaman (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-2688

 

Birth	20/08/1882	Death	15/03/1917
Place	(nk)	Place	(At sea)
Area	(nk)	Area
Country	(nk)	Country	(At sea)

 

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Biography
He was a tinsmith at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNCVR. (He was killed in action when HMS FOYLE was patrolling in the Western Channel when damaged, hence her tow to Plymouth. If she had been in the Dover Straits (note spelling) she would not have been towed all the way to Plymouth. She sank in 50 metres of water.

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=12759&; https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021814/edward-arthur-woodley/ (website viewed 28/05/2023);
Last update
2015-11-12 00:00:00

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