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Stoker Heron was home on leave in August 1918. The ship’s log of the Empress dated 29th August 1918 records the return of one rating and one stoker from leave. |
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Incidentally, there was a Lance Corporal Bernard Heron, born in Drumconvis in 1917, who became a POW in Malaya in 1942. |
| 23/03/2019 |
No record of his Navy career can be found. |
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Stoker Bernard Heron served on board H.M.S Empress during in the war. |
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Bernard Heron joined the Navy around 1903. |
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The 1901 census lists a Bernard Heron as age 34 living with his mother at house 15 in Ballyloughlin, Moneyhaw, County Londonderry. Unfortunately, a Mid Ulster Mail report from 11th April 1903 records his death. |
| 23/03/2019 |
Only one relevant Bernard Heron could be found in the census results, listed below. |
| 23/03/2019 |
Stoker Bernard Heron, H.M.S. Empress, is on leave with his friends at Coagh, He has seen over fifteen years of seafaring life, and since the war broke out he has been in some of the sea encounters with the enemy, his vessel taking part in the Jutland battle. |
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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 24th August 1918: Coagh |
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| 23/03/2019 |
The History of Coagh booklet lists Stoker Bernard Heron as having served on board H.M.S Empress in the war. |
