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Frank Mearns

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Frank's pension record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
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  • Rank: Able Seaman
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Ness
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death: 38
  • Date of Death: 25.10.1917
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Ferryden
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Mearns

  • Father:

    Thomas Mearns

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Willamina Knight Gall Mearns, “Tayview Buildings” Church St, Broughty Ferry

  • Children:

More about Frank Mearns

S.S. Ness was a 3,050 ton Steamer which was torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine U-64, 10 miles South East of Cabo de Gata with the loss of 2 lives

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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