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LSig. Willis Douglas Shipway
Royal Navy
from:London
Willis Shipway joined the Navy on 7th of Feb 1914 and joined HMS Dido on 7th of Feb 1920 having previously been on 18 other postings. He left the service on 16th of Aug 1922 and emigrated with his wife to Los Angeles California in 1923. He died in Los Angeles on 11th of May 1951 when he fell from a crane on a building site in a freak accident. He was an electrician and had climbed up a crane that had problems and as he opened the door the handle came off in his hand and he fell. Willis was the husband of my aunt.

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