DAY, Alexander
1891 - 1915

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• Birth	Jun Qtr 1891	West Hoathly, Sussex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	01 Jan 1915	20 miles off Start Point   [2]
  	Age: 24
  	Cause: Died as result of the sinking of HMS Formidable
  		CWGC Death Certificate Name: DAY, ALEXANDER Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Stoker 1st Class Regiment/Service: Royal Navy Unit Text: H.M.S. "Formidable." Age: 24 Date of Death: 01/01/1915 Service No: K/8310 Additional information: Son of Spencer and Isabella Day, of Holly Cottage. Ardingly, Sussex. Native of West Hoathly, Sussex. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 11. Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
  		HMS Formidable HMS Formidable, 15,250 tons, pre-Dreadnought Battleship, launched in 1898, first commissioned in 1901 and torpedoed by German U-boat 24 on New Year's Day 1915 while on exercises. She sank in 180 feet of water about 37 miles off the Devon coast, the first British battleship to be sunk in the First World War. HMS Formidable was sunk by two torpedoes from a German submarine 20 miles off Start Point at 2 am, 1st January 1915, in the first year of the First World War. The first torpedo hit the number one boiler port side; a second explosion caused the ship to list heavily to starboard. Huge waves thirty feet high lashed the stricken ship, with strong winds, rain and hail, sinking it in less than two hours. Only 199 men were saved out of a complement of about 750.
  Buried	No Known Grave, Commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial
  Person ID	I3591
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	DAY, Spencer John,   b. Sep Qtr 1850, West Hoathly, Sussex, England ,   d. Dec Qtr 1914, East Grinstead RD, Sussex, England
  Mother	MORRISON, Isabella,   b. Abt 1852, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F923

  
  

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  [S65] Free BMD (Reliability: 2). Name: Alexander Day Year of Registration: 1891 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: East Grinstead County: Surrey, Sussex Volume: 2b Page: 145 [S85] CWGC (Reliability: 3).