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O/Stwd111 Cecil George Crane
Royal Navy HMS Coquette
from:Bedford
Cecil Crane joined the Royal Navy on 17th April 1912. He was driving a retired captain to the New Forest when the Cresey sailed, therefore, he was not onboard when it was sunk. He was on the Coquette when it was sunk on 7th March 1916, he was picked up by a Belgian trawler and taken back to Sheerness. For the remainder of the war he was at HMS Pembroke. He left the Navy on 31st December 1918.