HMS Conquest Shipmates
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HMS Conquest Shipmates
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 20 May 2023
All but three of these grave markers are HMS Conqest shipmates. Who were in the "Jolly Boat" returning from shore leave in March 1916, their whaler foundered in a snow storm. All thirty nine of the sailors were lost. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/718 Another of the sailors lost in Harwich Harbour is buried in Great Wakering see Image N.B the two commonwealth war graves commission headstones were not for crew members
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Image Location
Latitude
51.847685
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1.266473