Surname

Christian Names

Service Number

Rank

Regiment

Heath

Pte

Born

Age

Enlisted at

Address

Date of Death

Where killed

Cause of Death

Cemetery

Plot

Country

England

Next of Kin

Next of kin address

Town

Chippenham

Notes

The 1901 census shows the Heath family living at Tytherton Lucas. Mr Heath is shown as an agricultural labourer.

Brother or Maurice, killed in 1917

H.M.S. BRITANNIA 1st class battleship; 1904; Portsmouth Dockyard; 16,350 tons

The old battleship Britannia had the melancholy distinction of being the last British warship to be lost in the First World War. She was steaming toward Gibraltar from westward in company with two destroyers when, on the morning of November 9th, 1918, at about a quarter-past seven she was attacked by a submarine. Two torpedoes were fired, both of which missed the target, but a third struck her amidships and exploded a quantity of cordite within the ship. She sank some three hours later, with a loss of 40 of her complement.

The submarine which sank the BRITANNIA, the UB-50, Cdr. Kukat, was escaping from the Mediterranean with other submarines which had been operating there since the Dardanelles campaign.

'Dictionary of Disasters at Sea'

Memorials Commemorated on:

Chippenham Town War Memorial

St Paul’s Church

St Andrew’s Church

Yes

Liberal Club

Hardenhuish Church

http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_britannia1.htm