Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
North Sea	1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
4 Aug 1914	~	Bishops Itchington
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Onboard HMS Hawke when torpedoed by U-Boat	Portsmouth on 9 Mar 1914	~
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
North Sea 100 miles SW of Aberdeen	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

On 15 October, the 10th Cruiser Squadron was on patrol off the Scottish east coast (Aberdeen being exactly 100 miles to the south west). The 10th Cruiser Squadron comprised of 'Edgar' class vessels and were among the oldest operational warships in the Royal Navy, HMS Hawke having being launched in 1891.

Hawke stopped at 9:30 am to pick up mail from another vessel (this was undertaken by dropping a small cutter to ferry the mail across to the Hawke). After recovering the small cutter, and out of sight of the rest of the Squadron, Hawke hastened to catch up, and proceeded at 13 knots but without zig-zagging to regain her station with the other ships. At 10:30 a single torpedo from the German submarine U-9 hit HMS Hawke. Reuben was drowned during this incident.

HMS Hawke	Portsmouth Naval Memorial