Age: 39years.
Son of Alexander and Ann Blair.
Alexander joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday and served on twenty vessels in his time.
MILITARY
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Unit/Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London) Battalion.
Service No: 173675 Ch.
Rank: Leading Seaman.
*
Enlisted Date: c1896 - (18th Birthday)
On 21st February 1918, during a voyage from Glasgow to Milford Haven with a cargo of coal, she was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine U-86 (Helmut Patzig), 4 miles west of Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway. 20 persons were lost.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12748.
_______
First Name: A
Surname: Blair
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/02/1918
Fate: Killed.
Incident Details: Ship sunk.
Incident Date: 12/02/1918
Information: No. of Record 2758, NP1902/18. "RFR B 5079" recorded with Rank on original source.
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 173675 Ch
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: SS "Rio Verde"
Archive Reference: ADM104/149
Collection: Royal Navy register of Lost or Wounded 1914-1929
(Source: Forces War Records).
MEDALS
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI (Dead Man's Penny).
Son of Alexander and Ann Blair.
Alexander joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday and served on twenty vessels in his time.
MILITARY
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Unit/Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London) Battalion.
Service No: 173675 Ch.
Rank: Leading Seaman.
*
Enlisted Date: c1896 - (18th Birthday)
On 21st February 1918, during a voyage from Glasgow to Milford Haven with a cargo of coal, she was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine U-86 (Helmut Patzig), 4 miles west of Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway. 20 persons were lost.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12748.
_______
First Name: A
Surname: Blair
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/02/1918
Fate: Killed.
Incident Details: Ship sunk.
Incident Date: 12/02/1918
Information: No. of Record 2758, NP1902/18. "RFR B 5079" recorded with Rank on original source.
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 173675 Ch
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: SS "Rio Verde"
Archive Reference: ADM104/149
Collection: Royal Navy register of Lost or Wounded 1914-1929
(Source: Forces War Records).
MEDALS
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI (Dead Man's Penny).
Age: 39years.
Son of Alexander and Ann Blair.
Alexander joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday and served on twenty vessels in his time.
MILITARY
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Unit/Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London) Battalion.
Service No: 173675 Ch.
Rank: Leading Seaman.
*
Enlisted Date: c1896 - (18th Birthday)
On 21st February 1918, during a voyage from Glasgow to Milford Haven with a cargo of coal, she was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine U-86 (Helmut Patzig), 4 miles west of Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway. 20 persons were lost.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12748.
_______
First Name: A
Surname: Blair
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/02/1918
Fate: Killed.
Incident Details: Ship sunk.
Incident Date: 12/02/1918
Information: No. of Record 2758, NP1902/18. "RFR B 5079" recorded with Rank on original source.
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 173675 Ch
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: SS "Rio Verde"
Archive Reference: ADM104/149
Collection: Royal Navy register of Lost or Wounded 1914-1929
(Source: Forces War Records).
MEDALS
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI (Dead Man's Penny).
Son of Alexander and Ann Blair.
Alexander joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday and served on twenty vessels in his time.
MILITARY
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Unit/Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London) Battalion.
Service No: 173675 Ch.
Rank: Leading Seaman.
*
Enlisted Date: c1896 - (18th Birthday)
On 21st February 1918, during a voyage from Glasgow to Milford Haven with a cargo of coal, she was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine U-86 (Helmut Patzig), 4 miles west of Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway. 20 persons were lost.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12748.
_______
First Name: A
Surname: Blair
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 12/02/1918
Fate: Killed.
Incident Details: Ship sunk.
Incident Date: 12/02/1918
Information: No. of Record 2758, NP1902/18. "RFR B 5079" recorded with Rank on original source.
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service Number: 173675 Ch
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: SS "Rio Verde"
Archive Reference: ADM104/149
Collection: Royal Navy register of Lost or Wounded 1914-1929
(Source: Forces War Records).
MEDALS
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI (Dead Man's Penny).
Inscription
(Royal Navy)
A. BLAIR
Leading Seaman R.N. 173675
S.S. "RIO VERDE"
21st February 1918 Age 40
(Cross)
Gravesite Details
CWGC - War Grave.
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