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Pte. Harry L. Rule
British Army HQ 52nd Lowland Division Army Service Corps
from:Hawick, Scotland
(d.1st Jan 1917)
My late Grandfather, Private Harry L. Rule was born in Hawick, Scotland. He was the son of Mr John Rule, Inspector of Poor, and Mrs. Rule. Private Rule died at sea, aged 41, on 1st January 1917 when SS Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk near Cape Matapan, Greece, by German submarine UB-47.
121 lives were lost when the ship went down. Private Rule left a widow, Elizabeth, and three young children, John, Jim and Janet. His name is recorded on the Mikra Memorial, Kalamaria, Greece.