WW1 1914-15 Trio World War One Medals To Engineman William Young, HM Drifter "Speedwell V" Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star, British War 1914-18 & Victory Medal
E.S. 2031 W Young, R.N.R.
Engineman William Young
H.M. Drifter "Speedwell V", Royal Naval Reserve
Died on the 28 October 1916
Remembered with Honour
Kilscoran Church of Ireland Churchyard
There is a special Memorial Stone in Kilscoran Churchyard in memory of sinking of the HM Drifter Speedwell V which was lost 28 October 1916.
The Stone is positioned with the graves of those RNVR seamen recovered after the sinking and was funded largely by the generosity of the congregation of the Wexford and Kilscoran Union of Parishes under the guidance of Canon Arthur Minion who led at the service last Sunday - 3rd October.
HMD SPEEDWELL V was a Royal Navy hired drifter (Admiralty No. 2264) that was wrecked in a gale on Splaugh Rock, near Greenore Point, County Wexford, 28.10.1916, whilst operating as an anti-submarine netlaying vessel. The ten crew were members of the Royal Naval Reserve, many originating from Banffshire in Scotland.
All hands were lost and only three bodies were recovered: William Young, George Geddes senior and George Geddes junior; they were interred in Kilscoran churchyard.
BLACKHALL, Alexander, 2044ES Engineman, born at Gardenstown, Banffshire, 1.11.1890, son of William and Christina Blackhall née Watt, 156 High Street, Gardenstown.
BLACKHALL, George, 3985DA Deckhand, born at Gardenstown, 9.9.1895, brother of Alexander Blackhall.
BURNS, James Peter, 3706SD Deckhand, born at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, 27.7.1895, son of Bernard and Martha Burns née Devlin, Devonshire Buildings, Barrow-in-Furness. His parents were born in Ireland.
GEDDES, George, DA3958 Skipper, born at Buckie, Banffshire, 22.11.1871, son of George and Jane Geddes; husband of Margaret Jane née Cowie, of Tarwathie, 8 South Pringle Street, Buckie.
GEDDES, George Junior, 2065TS Trimmer, born at Buckie, 3.1.1897, the son of George Geddes Senior.
HENDRY, James, 1158SA Second Hand, born at Cullen, Banffshire, 14.8.1871, the son of Alexander and Margaret Hendry; husband of Margaret Ann Hendry née Blackhall, 161 High Street, Gardenstown. Father of seven children. Brother-in-law of George and Alexander Blackhall.
THOMAS, James, 8564DA Deckhand, born at Swansea, Glamorganshire, 18.1.1868, husband of Annie Thomas, 116a Oxford Street, Swansea.
WATT, James, 3986D Deckhand, born at Gardenstown 9.7.1894, son of James, a fisherman, and Barbara Watt, 162 High Street, Gardenstown.
WISEMAN, William, 313TC Trimmer Cook, born at Gardenstown, 16.11.1896, son of James and Elizabeth Wiseman née Watt, 110 Main Street, Gardenstown.
YOUNG, William, 2031/ES Engineman, born 7.12.1874 at Gardenstown, son of Alexander, a coachman who died in 1904, and Isabella Young née Thomson, 112 Main Street, Gardenstown.

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