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Stoker/1st Cl. Walter John Vivian

Royal Navy HMS Eglantine

from:Abbotsbury, Dorset,

(d.31st May 1918)

William John Vivian was born in Abbotsbury, Dorset, on 18 Nov 1880, son of Joseph Vivian and Sarah Ann Galpin. He came from a close-knit farming and fishing community, so would be used to hard work, both on land and at sea. He died of disease, and is buried in Belfast. His family has been in Abbotsbury and neighbouring hamlets for over 350 years.



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