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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
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Yes I have Willow, its on that site in 2 different formats. But I still can't get any deeper into RN records for 1907-1923.
mez
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just had a nosey through a couple of navel sites, & the h.m.s. bacchante was part of the 9th cruiser squadren in north west africal 1917 till it was sold for scrap in 1920. the later editionn of the bacchante was sold to new zealand & renamed wellington its now out of commision, there have been a few ships of that name .
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So it's quite likely that he could of died through disease. W. Africa was known as the sailors graveyard due to Yellow fever and Dengue fever. Poor lad!