WW1 Memorial Plaque & Medals RN - Petsamo, Finland Cemetery and Murmansk

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Seller: vintageviables ✉️ (3,054) 100%, Location: Faygate, GB, Ships to: GB, Item: 352085573444 WW1 Memorial Plaque & Medals RN - Petsamo, Finland Cemetery and Murmansk. Memorial Plaque and 1914/15 Star and Victory Medal to:

William Henry Norris

Star named to: J/76356 W. H. NORRIS. A. B. R. N.

Victory Medal named to: J. 38756 W. H. NORRIS. SIG. R. N.

William Henry Norris is buried at the Petsamo Evangelic Lutheran Cemetery, Finland and is believed to be Remembered with Honour at the Murmask New British Cemetery, as per his CWGC Certificate.

The 26 year old Petty Officer Norris who was on H. M. S. Cochrane succumbed to illness on the 14th May 1918.

HMS Cochrane was a Warrior-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She served in the 2nd Cruiser Squadron during the First World War under Rear-Admiral Herbert Heath, taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. She was based in Murmansk in mid-1918 during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. She became stranded in the River Mersey on 14 November 1918 and broke in two. The wreck was broken up in place by June 1919.

Cochrane was transferred to the North America and West Indies station in November 1917, but rejoined the 2nd Cruiser Squadron early in 1918. She was based in Murmansk between March and September 1918 during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. She ferried Soviet troops to Pechenga on 3 May to forestall an attempt by White Finns to seize the town.

 

First name(s)     William Henry

Last name           Norris

Birth year            1892

Birth day              5

Birth month        Apr

Birth town           Gosport

Birth county       Hants

Death year          1918

Death date         14/05/1918

Service number                J.7635. (PO)

Rating   P.O.

Service R.N.

Ship/unit             HMS Cochrane

Cause of death Died from disease.

Cemetery            Murmansk Russia.

Location of grave             Not recorded

Relatives notified             Widow:- Emily, E. 44 Leesland Road, Gosport, Hants.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission documents are shown here. 

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