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- 874979 Chief Writer Awdrey Lawrence Cove of the Mercantile Marine Reserve, HMS "Laurentic".
Killed as a direct result of enemy action on 25th January 1917, Aged 19,
when HMS Laurentic struck mines off Lough Swilly, Ireland.
Son of Philip and Edith Cove of Herbert Road, Salcombe.
Born in Salcombe in the June Quarter of 1898.
874979 Chief Writer Awdrey Lawrence Cove of the Mercantile Marine Reserve, HMS Laurentic. Son of Philip and Edith Cove of Herbert Road, Salcombe. Born in Salcombe in the June Quarter of 1898. In 1911 he was living at 3, Courtenay Terrace, age 12. His father, Philip Chadder Cove, was a market gardener. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action on 25 January 1917 aged 19. Cemetery: Fahan Churchyard (Church of Ireland) Cemetery Fahan, Co. Donegal. Relatives notified: Mrs Edith Cove, 3, Courteney Terrace, Salcombe, South Devon. Parents: Philip Chadder Cove and Edith Cove, of Crossways, Herbert Rd., Salcombe, Devon.
SS Laurentic was a British ocean liner of the White Star Line launched in 1908. Being in Montréal when the Great War began, Laurentic was immediately commissioned as a troop transport for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After conversion to armed merchant cruiser service in 1915, she struck two mines off Lough Swilly in the north of Ireland on 25 January 1917 and sank within an hour. Only 121 of the 475 aboard survived.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Laurentic_(1908)
S.S. Laurentic
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1899 - 1917 (18 years)
