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Able Seaman Edgar Charles Flack

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Able Seaman Edgar Charles Flack

Birth
Chelmsford, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England
Death
9 Jan 1918 (aged 19)
At Sea
Burial
Rathmullan, County Donegal, Ireland Add to Map
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J/61965 (Ch) Able Seaman Edgar Charles Flack.
The Royal Navy.
H.M.S. "Racoon".


HMS Racoon was a "Beagle" Class Destroyer, built and completed in 1910 by Cammell, Laird & Co. Birkenhead, which ran aground and was wrecked off Fanad Head, on the north coast of Donegal on 9 January 1918, during a snowstorm, with the loss of all 91 on board.

The bodies of 20 sailors were recovered and buried in Co. Donegal, 2 of which were unidentified.
16 are buried here in Rathmullan, 1 of which was unidentified.
Approx. 15 bodies were recovered along the coasts of Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
The remainder of the bodies were not recovered. These men are commemorated on
Chatham Naval Memorial


J/61965 (Ch) Able Seaman Edgar Charles Flack.
The Royal Navy.
H.M.S. "Racoon".


HMS Racoon was a "Beagle" Class Destroyer, built and completed in 1910 by Cammell, Laird & Co. Birkenhead, which ran aground and was wrecked off Fanad Head, on the north coast of Donegal on 9 January 1918, during a snowstorm, with the loss of all 91 on board.

The bodies of 20 sailors were recovered and buried in Co. Donegal, 2 of which were unidentified.
16 are buried here in Rathmullan, 1 of which was unidentified.
Approx. 15 bodies were recovered along the coasts of Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
The remainder of the bodies were not recovered. These men are commemorated on
Chatham Naval Memorial


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  • Created by: John
  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137637677/edgar_charles-flack: accessed ), memorial page for Able Seaman Edgar Charles Flack (23 Jun 1898–9 Jan 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137637677, citing Saint Columb Church of Ireland Churchyard, Rathmullan, County Donegal, Ireland; Maintained by John (contributor 47032041).