Ordinary Seaman 97762 Benjamin Whitmore HMS Boadicea

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Another one for you Tom

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Eastbourne Gazette - Wednesday 14 August 1935

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Benjamin Whitman joined the Royal Navy in October 1876 as a Boy 2nd Class. In May 1878 he was sent to HMS Boadicea and served aboard ship as an Ordinary Seaman during the Zulu War. In 1881, during the 1st Boer War, he was sent ashore at Durban as a Signalman 2nd Class to serve there as a member of the commodore's staff.

Another nice photograph.

Tom

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