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From: Forrest Anderson <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Torpedoed Alexandria Harbour
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:00:45 +0000
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:03:00 -0000, "NANNYNOODLE"
<> wrote:

>A troopship was torpedoed in Alexandria Harbour 30th December 1917 with the loss of many lives.

That sounds like the Aragon, which was torpedoed whilst anchored outside
the harbour.

>How long after the event may there be a mention in the London Gazette...

The London Gazette did not routinely publish ship losses or list
casualties to the Armed Forces or Mercantile Marine.

>...and would the soldier have received a medal.

Medals were not awarded just for being involved in such an incident, even
if he died. He could have been awarded a gallantry medal for doing
something brave, and that medal would have been announced in the London
Gazette, perhaps in the period January to April 1918.

>I am searching day by day in the Gazette for Francis McKenzie.

Is that G/40186 Private Francis Frank McKenzie of the 6th Battalion,
Middlesex Regiment; born, enlisted and resided in Tottenham; died at Sea
on 30 Dec 1917; and buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery?
See
http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=476729

If you can tell us a little more about the story that has been handed
down to you, and why you think Francis may have been awarded a medal,
then perhaps we can point you in the right direction...

Forrest


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Forrest Anderson - British Military Genealogical Researcher.
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