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Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 12 Send Message	Susan	Report	1 Aug 2019 10:58
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 12 Send Message	I am researching Henry James Reeve born in Martham 1862 and whom was drowned at sea in 1915. We have conflicting information as to the location; pembrokeshire or off the Storries. I have researched and found that there were two drifters from Great Yarmouth with the above name and both were torpedoed. The second was a drifter commissiooned by rthe Royal Navy. Has anyone got anything they know as accurate and whom could point me in the right direction. Thanks to all Sue Barker
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	1 Aug 2019 11:25
	Have you purchased his DC? Does that give additional information? Gro Marine Death Indices (1903 To 1965) Archive reference DMR3 War - Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials First name(s) Henry J Sex Male Last name Reeve Death year 1915 Birth year 1863 Type Consular/Overseas Place Piscatorial Page 109 Age 52 Birth date ? ? 1863 Registration year - Branch of service - Decoration - Records year range 1915 Line number 90 Archive General Register Office
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,655 Send Message	greyghost	Report	1 Aug 2019 13:24
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,655 Send Message	Piscatorial WW1 - various sites come up with information. Says crew survived the 1915 event. Perhaps an incident not related to this event? PISCATORIAL, 84grt, 23 June 1915, 41 miles ENE from Out Skerries, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire World War I: The drifter was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 41 nautical miles (76 km) east north east of the Out Skerries by SM U-38 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[112] <<<<<<<<<< -------------------------------------- PISCATORIAL II, hired drifter, Adty No 3300. Built 1916, 93grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.762. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 8.16-12.17 as net vessel. Disappeared 29.12.17 off Newhaven (Sussex). Date U-boat Loss type Position Location Route Cargo Casualties 1 28 Dec 1917 UC 71 (Ernst Steindorff) Sunk Presumed mined off Newhave UC 71 laid two minefields off Newhaven on December 24, 1917. Piscatorial II sailed from Newhaven on the afternoon of Dec. 28. An explosion was heard at 7pm and bodies and debris found the next morning 7 miles SW of Brighton. HMD Piscatorial Ii Name HMD Piscatorial Ii Type Navy drifter GRT 93 tons Country British Built 1916 Builder S. Richards & Co Ltd, Lowestoft Operator Royal Navy History Peace-time operator: Henry F. Eastick, Great Yarmouth. Registration: YH 762 though taken into Royal Navy at completion.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17,958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	1 Aug 2019 15:23
	https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4118482/4118485/27/ (article above relates to it) Chris :) https://newspapers.library.wales/ Deaths Jun 1915 (>99%) ------------------------------------------------------------- Reeve Henry J 52 Haverfordwest 11a 1472 Edits (Last Place of Abode, Railway Terrace, Martham, Norfolk. Rank, Oarsman. Cause, Ulceration of the stomach) (if wife Selina, Martham, Norfolk, 1901,1911, occ. Fisherman)
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,414 Send Message	Maddie	Report	1 Aug 2019 16:19
	the marriage HENRY Last name REEVE Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1889 Registration month - HENRY REEVE married one of these people Selina Davison, Emma Reeve, Elijah Johnson District Flegg
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,655 Send Message	greyghost	Report	4 Sep 2019 12:37
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