Information from the Roll of Honour
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Parish
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Surname
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Initials
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Award
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Rank
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Ship or Regiment
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Place of Death
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Date of Death
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Withycombe Raleigh
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Yeo
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John
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2nd Cl. P.O.
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H.M.S. Goliath
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Dardanelles
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13
May
1915
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An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
Further Information from Contributors
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RoH Ref.
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10639
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Forename
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John Robert
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Surname
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Yeo
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Rank or Rating
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Service Number(s)
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142723
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Father
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John Yeo
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Mother
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Elizabeth Alice (nee Fowler)
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Wife
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Mabel (nee Walsh)
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Date of Birth
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1871
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Where Born
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Exmouth, Devonshire
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Date Baptised
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9
April
1871
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Ship or Regiment
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Royal Navy, H.M.S. Goliath
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Date of Death
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13
May
1915
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Place of Death
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Morte Bay, Cape Helles, Gallipoli
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Grave or Memorial
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Remarks
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His son, John Louis Yeo, also fell. While laying at anchor in Morto Bay, H.M.S. Goliath was sunk by three torpedos launched from the Ottoman Naval destroyer Muavenet-i Milliye
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Contributor
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PB, Carol Fogg, Mike Tracey, Sue Turner, Dave Gwilliam