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NAME:                      Ames, Ernest Bernard
RANK:                      Chief Petty Officer Mechanic III
UNIT:                      Royal Naval Air Service
BATTALION ETC:             HM Airship C.8   (HMS President III on pension card, HMS President II on service history)
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         J/7913
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Drowned 9th June 1916 in loss of airship off Plymouth (1917 on memorial in St Peters church)
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 23. Born at Overton, Basingstoke. (CWGC) Born 28th November 1892 at Winchester (RN War Graves Roll & service history)
                           Son of Emily Ames of 2 Gloucester Villas, Union St., Farnborough, Hants, and the late Richard George Ames.