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AbleSea. Richard Samuel Edwards
Royal Navy HMS Bulwark
from:Nottingam
(d.26th Nov 1914)
Richard Samuel Edwards lost his life when H.M.S. Bulwark exploded whilst taking on ammunition at Sheerness on the 26th November 1914. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. A Memorial notice was published in the local paper, the Nottingham Evening Post on the 26th of November 1919: “Edwards - In loving memory of Richard Samuel, lost with H.M.S. Bulwark, November 26th, 1914. Sadly missed. - Brother Albert, sister-in-law Emily.â€