Able Seaman Walter Busby served on HMS Hampshire. It hit a German mine amidships and sank off the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on June 5th, 191...
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Walter Sydney Busby
Able Seaman
Service No. 226842
Age 28
Died on 5 June 1916
Royal Navy
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Busby, of 175, Brigstock Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey; husband of Ellen Busby, of 14, Abingdon Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.
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For my late aunt, Vivian, who never knew her father-he and over 600 brothers in arms went down on HMS Hampshire on 5.6.1916.
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My great-uncle, always remembered in this family.
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Walter's home port, where on his death, he left a young pregnant widow. She gave birth to a daughter, but never remarried.
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