Leading Deckhand JAMES GALBRAITH
Seumas Iain Néill Iain Mhóir
Son of Neil Galbraith, of Allasdale, Isle of Barra.
Last known address in Barra: Cleat
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Ruthin Castle
Service number: 882/SD
Date of death: 21 April 1917
Ship sunk by mine laid by UC-50 off Skinningrove, east of Middlesbrough
Interred: Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery, C. C. 9583
Local memorial: Barra & Vatersay
James appears in the 1881 census, aged 20 (not 70 as per census transcript), the son of Neil (67) and Ann (52) and brother of John (24), Malcolm (22) and William (16).
The Ships bell from HMT Ruthin Castle was salvaged around 2005. I have the bell displayed in my shop alongside the story of the sinking, salvage & those who died. My shop is called Castle Bell - in Ruthin. FB Helen HP.
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