Sinking of HMS Royal Oak on this day in 1939

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Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 7,081 Send Message	OneFootInTheGrave	Report	14 Oct 2014 11:41
	Today I am thinking of the families and friends, of the 810 members of the crew, of the Royal Navy battleship, HMS Royal Oak which was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine while it was anchored at Scapa Flow, just shortly after the start of the Second World War - HMS Royal Oak was sunk In the first weeks of the war in the early hours of 14 October 1939 May all those who lost their lives be resting in peace <3 including the Uncle I never got the chance to know, my Aunt Betty's husband Archibald Quigley - they had been married for about 12 months :-(
	Researching: I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 5,478 Send Message	Elizabethofseasons	Report	14 Oct 2014 23:16
	Dear One Foot Hello Remembering all those who were killed. For your Uncle Archibald. <3 May they rest in peace. With deep respect Sincere wishes Elizabeth, xx