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Loading the wounded onto a hospital ship at Calais
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Welcome to my web site!
 
If you had a relation who died, due to the sinking of a First World War hospital ship you may find this site of interest.

I am attempting to contact people who during the course of tracing their family tree, discovered an ancestor who died or drowned when a hospital ship sank. The vessels were lost when they struck mines or were deliberately torpedoed.
 
In particular I am seeking photographs of the victims and ideally a short paragraph of information on the deceased. Such images frequently appeared in the newspapers of the period, or were bought in a postcard format from photography booths, thousands of the postcards have survived in old family albums. 
 
The inclusion of such images within a book greatly enhance the story, and also serve as a modest commemoration of someone's almost forgotten relation. 

 
An amputee in hospital blues uniform
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He would have come home on a hospital ship
If one of your ancestors died on a hospital ship sunk as a result of enemy action, please contact me by clicking on the link below.

bantamsguy@fsmail.net