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 NAME:                      Bowden-Smith, Victor James
 RANK:                      Lieutenant Commander  (Commander on private memorial)
 UNIT:                      Royal Navy
 BATTALION ETC:             HM Motor Launch No.403  (HMS Lucia, 10 Submarine Flotilla on private memorial)
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed by accidental explosion whilst recovering a German

                                            torpedo from the North Sea near Runswick 22nd August 1918
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 31. Son of Harriet C. Bowden-Smith of Careys, Brockenhurst, Hants, and the late Rev. Frederick H. Bowden-Smith.
                            Served on HMS Euryalus at Suvla Bay.
                            Born at Weston-Patrick Rectory, Hants.