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NAME:                      Thornton, Eleanor Velasco
RANK:                      Companion of the second Lord Montague of Beaulieu
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HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Drowned 30th December 1915
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: 
OTHER INFORMATION:         She was onboard the P & O ship SS Persia when it was torpedoed off Crete by a 
                           german submarine. She was the model for the Rolls Royce "Spirit of Ecstasy" mascot.