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Queripel, C M



Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent

Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent.

 

HMS Bulwark

H.M.S.Bulwark

VICTIM OF THE BULWARK DISASTER

On the 26th November 1914 while loading ammunition at Sheerness, she was destroyed by a huge explosion, probably caused by black powder charges being mishandled, only 12 men survived.

Killed aged 31 years.

 

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Cecil Mervyn Queripel

Lieut-Commander Cecil Mervyn Queripel
Royal Navy. H.M.S. "Bulwark"
26/11/1914

Bulwark Memorial

H.M.S. Bulwark Memorial, Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery.