Ref ID: 5082
Name
William McFarlane.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Stoker 1st Class William McFarlane.
Life Story
Name: William McFarlane.
Service Number: SS/108637.
Rank: Stoker 1st Class.
Battalion: HMS Hawke.
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Born: 8th April 1890, Belfast.
Died: 15th October 1914.
Address: 24 Fifth Street, Belfast
.
William, son of William and Sarah McFarlane, lived at 24 Fifth Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
He signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day within the Clifton Street Orange Hall, Belfast
.
William joined the Royal Navy on the 6th May 1909.
He served on a number of ships throughout his career, including the following: HMS Acheron, HMS Attentive, HMS Foresight, HMS Pembroke II, HMS Blonde, before ending on HMS Hawke.
William was transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserves on the 10th May 1914, however he was recalled for service on the 5th August 1914.
William, aged 24 years, was a Stoker 1st Class within the Royal Navy when while serving aboard HMS Hawke he Drowned, Died At Sea, his ship having been attacked and sunk by a German Submarine, U 9, in the North Sea on the 15th of October 1914
.
His Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his mother Sarah as claimant also
.
William received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
.
He is Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, United Kingdom.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
