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Richard Bate OLFORD - Died on HMS HERMIONE 1903
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Sally | Report | 12 Feb 2011 18:24 |
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YIPPEEEEEEEEE i have found the info at Nat Archives. |
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Rosanne | Report | 19 Apr 2016 12:24 |
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Hi Sally _ I don't know who you are but I am the great granddaughter of Richard Bate Olford. My name is Rosanne Dawn Boylan (called Dawn) and my mother's mother was Richard's daughter. Her maiden name was Ivy Gwendoline Olford and she was his third daughter. Her two older sisters were Kathleen and Violet. She had a younger brother called Harry, probably christened Henry. Richard was not born in St Austell but near the neighbouring harbour town of Fowey. He was killed on HMS Hermione in 1903 while the ship was docked in the island of Crete. There was an accident as the ship was loading coal and he was struck on the head and killed. He is buried in the Royal Naval War cemetery of Suda Bay Crete At the time of his death he was living in the village of St Blazey Gate near Par Cornwall.. I was born and grew up in and around St Blazey Gate. However, these days I live in Melbourne Australia. Of Richard's children: Harry was married but had no heirs; Violet married a Welshman called Tom Jones and went to live at Nelson Glamorgan and had a family; Kathleen (the eldest) married a man from St Blazey Gate John (Jack) Hawke and they migrated to Sydney Australia after World War I where their descendants live. |
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