| First Name: | Patrick |
| Last Name: | McGrath |
| Rank: | TRIMMER. |
| Regiment: | Royal Navy Reserves |
| Military Number: | 251 |
| Place of Birth: | St Helen Street, Galway |
| Place of Death: | France (Killed in Action) ( Went Down with his ship HMS Remindo after being Torpedoed ) |
| Date of Death: | 2-2-1918 |
| Age: | 34 |
| Additional Information: | Killed in Action: (Went down with his ship, H.M.S. Remindo Trawler Torpedoed) Death, 2-2-1918, Age 34. Remember: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 31.
Supplementary Notes: Born: ST Helen street Galway. N.O.K. Mother Bridget Mc Grath St Helen Street Galway.
HMS REMINDO, Built for George F. Sleight, Grimsby (GY.1089); Yard No 361; Launched 29/02/1917; In September 1917 Rqd by the Royal Navy as an anti-submarine vessel with Hydrophone listening equipment; Fitted with 1 x 12 pdr.; No. FY 3065; On 02/02/1918 vessel sunk by explosion off Portland; German claims state torpedoed by UC-79 on the French side of the Channel George William Howard. “TY Skipper” Royal Naval Reserve. HM Trawler ´Remindo´. Died 2/2/1918. On Chatham Naval Memorial. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10880 |
Royal Navy Reserve
Portsmouth Naval Memorial-Hampshire-United kingdom (31)