OFFICER'S STEWARD 2ND CLASS
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Service Number: L/9018
Royal Navy H.M.S. "Flirt."
Died 26 October 1916
Age 33 years old
Commemorated at:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 21.
Son of James and Betsy Cameron, of Fionphort, Oban.
HMS FLIRT, 27th October 1916, English Channel in Strait of Dover - German destroyers. On the night of the 26th.27th "Flirt" (Lt R Kellett with a crew of about 80) left Dover around 20.00hrs and two hours later heard gunfire from the drifter line guarding the Dover anti-U-boat net and mine barrage. A German destroyer raid was in progress, part of a force of two and a half flotillas attacking the drifters, patrolling destroyers and any other Allied shipping . "Flirt" came across drifter "Waveney II" on fire and lowered a boat to render assistance. In the early hours of the 27th, on a very dark, overcast night, enemy destroyers appeared, and opened fire sinking her with all hands, except for the boat's crew who survived. Some sources credit "Flirt's" loss to a torpedo. A total of six drifters were sunk and destroyer "Nubian" torpedoed and damaged that night.
COLIN CAMPBELL CAMERON
Service Number: L/9018
Royal Navy H.M.S. "Flirt."
Died 26 October 1916
Age 33 years old
Commemorated at:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 21.
Son of James and Betsy Cameron, of Fionphort, Oban.
HMS FLIRT, 27th October 1916, English Channel in Strait of Dover - German destroyers. On the night of the 26th.27th "Flirt" (Lt R Kellett with a crew of about 80) left Dover around 20.00hrs and two hours later heard gunfire from the drifter line guarding the Dover anti-U-boat net and mine barrage. A German destroyer raid was in progress, part of a force of two and a half flotillas attacking the drifters, patrolling destroyers and any other Allied shipping . "Flirt" came across drifter "Waveney II" on fire and lowered a boat to render assistance. In the early hours of the 27th, on a very dark, overcast night, enemy destroyers appeared, and opened fire sinking her with all hands, except for the boat's crew who survived. Some sources credit "Flirt's" loss to a torpedo. A total of six drifters were sunk and destroyer "Nubian" torpedoed and damaged that night.
OFFICER'S STEWARD 2ND CLASS
COLIN CAMPBELL CAMERON
Service Number: L/9018
Royal Navy H.M.S. "Flirt."
Died 26 October 1916
Age 33 years old
Commemorated at:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 21.
Son of James and Betsy Cameron, of Fionphort, Oban.
HMS FLIRT, 27th October 1916, English Channel in Strait of Dover - German destroyers. On the night of the 26th.27th "Flirt" (Lt R Kellett with a crew of about 80) left Dover around 20.00hrs and two hours later heard gunfire from the drifter line guarding the Dover anti-U-boat net and mine barrage. A German destroyer raid was in progress, part of a force of two and a half flotillas attacking the drifters, patrolling destroyers and any other Allied shipping . "Flirt" came across drifter "Waveney II" on fire and lowered a boat to render assistance. In the early hours of the 27th, on a very dark, overcast night, enemy destroyers appeared, and opened fire sinking her with all hands, except for the boat's crew who survived. Some sources credit "Flirt's" loss to a torpedo. A total of six drifters were sunk and destroyer "Nubian" torpedoed and damaged that night.
COLIN CAMPBELL CAMERON
Service Number: L/9018
Royal Navy H.M.S. "Flirt."
Died 26 October 1916
Age 33 years old
Commemorated at:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 21.
Son of James and Betsy Cameron, of Fionphort, Oban.
HMS FLIRT, 27th October 1916, English Channel in Strait of Dover - German destroyers. On the night of the 26th.27th "Flirt" (Lt R Kellett with a crew of about 80) left Dover around 20.00hrs and two hours later heard gunfire from the drifter line guarding the Dover anti-U-boat net and mine barrage. A German destroyer raid was in progress, part of a force of two and a half flotillas attacking the drifters, patrolling destroyers and any other Allied shipping . "Flirt" came across drifter "Waveney II" on fire and lowered a boat to render assistance. In the early hours of the 27th, on a very dark, overcast night, enemy destroyers appeared, and opened fire sinking her with all hands, except for the boat's crew who survived. Some sources credit "Flirt's" loss to a torpedo. A total of six drifters were sunk and destroyer "Nubian" torpedoed and damaged that night.
Gravesite Details
Officer's Steward 2nd Class, Royal Navy. Age: 33.
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