Ron was a Leading Cooks Mate on HMS Tipperary the flagship of the 4th destroyer flotilla at Jutland. In the gloom and darkness at app. 23:20...
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Ronald Ernest Downer
Leading Cooks Mate
Service No. M/2131
Age Unknown
Died on 1 June 1916
Royal Navy
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Hampshire, United Kingdom
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HMS Tipperary was sunk in the early hours of 1st June 1916 with the loss of 185 of her crew of 197. Ron is still on patrol with her.
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