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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Plymouth
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Distin
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A.
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Ch. Shipwt.
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H.M.S. Botha
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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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6803
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Forename
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Alfred
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Surname
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Distin
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Rank or Rating
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Service Number(s)
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M6749
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Father
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James Distin
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Mother
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Emma Jane (nee Jarvis)
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Wife
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Edith Alice (nee Johns)
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Date of Birth
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1893
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Where Born
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Dodbrooke, Devonshire
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Date Baptised
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Ship or Regiment
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Royal Navy, H.M.S. Botha
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Date of Death
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13
December
1918
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Place of Death
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Grave or Memorial
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Remarks
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Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Cross of Military Virtue 2nd Cl. (Roumania)
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Contributor
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PB, Peter Towey