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Re: HMS WAYLAND
Posted by:
Kevin
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Date: July 21, 2010 05:46PM
When I was doing some research on the Wayland some time ago now to be honest I was suprised to see that there were a number of deaths onboard during WWII (all designated as DOWS = Death On War Service). I assume these were all accidents, illness or natural causes but I don't know for sure. What caught my attention (as my Dad was a stoker / leading stoker on the ship) was the number of casualties who were themsleves stokers or leading stokers and must assume it was a dnagerous job...