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Leading Deck Hand Matthew Gibson Bruce

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Leading Deck Hand Matthew Gibson Bruce

Birth
South Shields, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
13 Apr 1917 (aged 17–18)
Burial
South Shields, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England Add to Map
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Leading Deck Hand BRUCE : Matthew Gibson
Service Number 12880/DA . Died 13th April 1917 .

Serving aboard : H.M. Trawler "Pitstruan" . Royal Naval Reserve.

HMT Pitstruan, built by A. Hall & Co Ltd., Aberdeen in 1913 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 206 tons.
On April 13th, 1917, HMT Pitstruan was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-76 (Wilhelm Barten).
This happened 3 miles SE from the Noss Head lighthouse. 11 persons were lost.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61006
Leading Deck Hand BRUCE : Matthew Gibson
Service Number 12880/DA . Died 13th April 1917 .

Serving aboard : H.M. Trawler "Pitstruan" . Royal Naval Reserve.

HMT Pitstruan, built by A. Hall & Co Ltd., Aberdeen in 1913 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 206 tons.
On April 13th, 1917, HMT Pitstruan was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-76 (Wilhelm Barten).
This happened 3 miles SE from the Noss Head lighthouse. 11 persons were lost.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61006

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FOR KING AND COUNTRY HE GAVE HIS LIFE

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Leading Deck Hand - Royal Naval Reserve

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  • Maintained by: MV
  • Originally Created by: MISTY
  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125339625/matthew_gibson-bruce: accessed ), memorial page for Leading Deck Hand Matthew Gibson Bruce (1899–13 Apr 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125339625, citing Harton Cemetery, South Shields, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; Maintained by MV (contributor 48974912).