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Skr1. Alfred Donald
Royal Navy HMS Derwent
from:Acton, London
(d.2nd May 1917)
Alfred Donald was born 1st March 1897 in Clapton, son of Adelaide Donald of Acton. He was an engine fitter before enlisting with the Royal Navy on 7th of June 1915.
On 2 May 1917 he was aboard HMS Derwent, a River class destroyer, when she struck a contact mine laid by German submarine UC-26 in the English Channel off Le Havre, France. She sank with the loss of 58 officers and men including Alfred. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial and the War Memorial, St. Mary's Church, Acton, London.