My great uncle, Richard H. Jose Petty Officer 236246 died on the HMS Defence on May 31, 1916. He was among 54 officers and 849 men who were all lost on the HMS Defence.
My grandmother had given him this bible in 1902 and while in Malta and aborad the HMS Defence, he sent this bible to his father in Cornwall. My father was given this bible in 1921
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