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Duke requested for this new website. If you have any information you
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BOWDEN...... Looking
for info on my great great grandfather who was the Captain of HMS Iron
Duke during WWI, Captain Bowden. If anyone has any info on
him please contact Lara Bowden at ofwhatever@hotmail.com
THOMAS BISHOP.. I am told my grandfather joined the navy in
1914 and may have served at Jutland on HMS Iron Duke. At some point
during his service he was awarded a medal by Russia. Can anyone give me
more information? Contact Dave at davidglyn.parker@ntlworld.com
SAMUEL ARTHUR.. I would like to confirm the presence in 1915
of Samuel Arthur on board HMS Iron Duke. Does anyone know where there
might be a list of those on this ship? contact sajohns@hotmail.com
I am looking for a crew list for HMS Iron Duke at
the time of Jutland. If anyone can help, I am trying to confirm if my
great grandfather served on her. Contact Bill Mitchell at Char6626@aol.com
JOHN WOODHEAD: My uncle served on HMS Iron Duke during WW1. I am
looking for a ships crew list of this time, if anyone can help please
contact. Sahaun at shaun_camponi@yahoo.co.uk
HMS Iron Duke was hit in Scapa Flow on the 17th
October 1939 by German Aerial bombing. Has it ever been established if the
German aircraft were Heinkel's or Junker 88's. How many aircraft and also
how many hits, two or three? Which part of Scapa Flow was HMS
Iron Duke berthed at during its stay in the Orkneys and what was the exact
death toll and amount of survivors. if you can help me. Email
me. Steve Borg (in Malta) steveborg@global.net.mt
WALTER KERR BURNS: I have my deceased father’s WWII
service record on my lap. He served on the Iron Duke 11th Feb ’39 to
30th Aug ’39. He told me that the British Navy claimed that the Iron
Duke could not be sunk by aerial attack as she could absorb the damage
with her thick deck. On the occasion of the attack my father was told to
man a water valve and if the order was passed to him, he was to open it.
He sat alone at his post. He heard two thumps. He remained at his post.
A considerable time later someone came down and was surprised to find
him. He was asked what he was doing and replied accordingly. He was
ordered, “Come with me.” He was taken up and onto the deck of the
ship. He was surprised that the ship had assumed a considerable list.
She was being pushed by tugs into very shallow water. Two low flying
light bombers had come at her and dropped their bombs early so that they
would hit below the waterline. They detonated under her hull. Damage was
considerable. My father’s final comment was a wry smile and the claim,
“She was not sunk.”My father’s name was Walter Kerr Burns,
Official No. KX.94924. He rose to the rank of Chief Petty Officer as he
was an artificer. Regards, Noel Walter Burns.
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