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geant Fred Rothwell was one of the men who later died of
his wounds.
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. His
name is listed on panels 58 to 72, or 218 to 219.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 19th May 1915 reports:-
“Died of Wounds – The sad news was received here on Wednesday
of the death from wounds on May 5th at the Dardanelles of Sergeant
Rothwell, of The Lancashire Fusiliers. Sergeant Rothwell was the
husband of Mrs W Rothwell, who resides with her mother, Mrs. George
Bollans, at Kings Cliffe. The deceased was a Lancashire man. The
widow, previous to her marriage, went out to India with Captain Graham
and family as nurse. There she made the acquaintance of Sergeant
Rothwell. She came home for a short period, and went back again
to get married. She came home last August, when her husband’s
regiment was ordered home on account of the war. Sergeant Rothwell
was stationed at Nuneaton and went out to the Dardanelles in March.
Previous to going out to the war he had just completed his term of
service. He was highly respected and his young widow, who has no
family, has the sincere sympathy of everybody.”
His widow, Win Rothwell, never married again. She took a job
as a stewardess on the Blue Funnel Line steamship Anchises.
This boat had an interesting history. It was built in Belfast in 1911
for the Blue Funnel Line and was requisitioned as a troopship in
1914, carrying troops from Australia to Europe. It was released
from war service in 1917 and re-commenced commercial
services to Australia. Just before the end of the war in Oct 1918
she was chased by a German submarine but managed to drive
it off with armaments still on board.
The ship continued to ply the UK – Australia line in the interwar
years.
On 27th February 1941, and the next war in full flow, the Anchises
was attacked by a Foche-Wolf Condor 200, the Nazi long-range
reconnaissance bomber, about 180 miles NW of Ireland. This
plane had originally been designed as a long-distance airliner
and the military versions had only come into service in April
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his wounds.
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. His
name is listed on panels 58 to 72, or 218 to 219.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 19th May 1915 reports:-
“Died of Wounds – The sad news was received here on Wednesday
of the death from wounds on May 5th at the Dardanelles of Sergeant
Rothwell, of The Lancashire Fusiliers. Sergeant Rothwell was the
husband of Mrs W Rothwell, who resides with her mother, Mrs. George
Bollans, at Kings Cliffe. The deceased was a Lancashire man. The
widow, previous to her marriage, went out to India with Captain Graham
and family as nurse. There she made the acquaintance of Sergeant
Rothwell. She came home for a short period, and went back again
to get married. She came home last August, when her husband’s
regiment was ordered home on account of the war. Sergeant Rothwell
was stationed at Nuneaton and went out to the Dardanelles in March.
Previous to going out to the war he had just completed his term of
service. He was highly respected and his young widow, who has no
family, has the sincere sympathy of everybody.”
His widow, Win Rothwell, never married again. She took a job
as a stewardess on the Blue Funnel Line steamship Anchises.
This boat had an interesting history. It was built in Belfast in 1911
for the Blue Funnel Line and was requisitioned as a troopship in
1914, carrying troops from Australia to Europe. It was released
from war service in 1917 and re-commenced commercial
services to Australia. Just before the end of the war in Oct 1918
she was chased by a German submarine but managed to drive
it off with armaments still on board.
The ship continued to ply the UK – Australia line in the interwar
years.
On 27th February 1941, and the next war in full flow, the Anchises
was attacked by a Foche-Wolf Condor 200, the Nazi long-range
reconnaissance bomber, about 180 miles NW of Ireland. This
plane had originally been designed as a long-distance airliner
and the military versions had only come into service in April
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