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Richard Thomas MEDLIN  Richard Thomas MEDLIN
Male 1872 - 1915

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  • Birth  13 Jun 1872  St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1881  James Place, St Clement, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Age: 8 Occupation: Scholar
    Census  1891  James Terrace, St Clement, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 18, Jobbing Gardener
    Census  1901  Baynard Quarry, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Age: 28 Occupation: General Labourer
    Census  1911  32 Bridport Place, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Aged 39, General Labourer
    Died  13 Aug 1915  Kandeliusa Island, Aegean Sea Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I12  Wilcock-Johnson
    Last Modified  03 Jun 2010 
     
    Father  Thomas James MEDLIN,   b. 11 Aug 1829, Budock, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1898, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Louisa JOHNS,   b. 1836, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1916, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  13 May 1858  Kenwyn, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F14  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Elizabeth SPARKS,   b. 27 Sep 1867, Stairfoot, St Erme, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  3 Jul 1892  St Erme, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    >1. Edith Irene MEDLIN,   b. 21 Sep 1892, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1962, Ballaminers Farm, Little Petherick, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas James MEDLIN,   b. 3 Nov 1893, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1918, France & Flanders Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Janie MEDLIN,   b. 25 Oct 1895, 4 Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1977, St Lawrence's Hospital, Bodmin, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Eveline Ivy MEDLIN,   b. 3 Jan 1897, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1962, Bodmin, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Gordon MEDLIN,   b. 6 Jan 1900, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1901, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. Norman Richard MEDLIN,   b. 22 Nov 1901, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970, Thurrock, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Violet MEDLIN,   b. 28 Apr 1903, Moresk Road, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    >8. William Harold MEDLIN,   b. 1904, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Idris Douglas MEDLIN,   b. 1906, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1906, Truro, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  07 Jan 2009 
    Family ID  F4  Group Sheet
     
  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jun 1872 - St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1881 - James Place, St Clement, Cornwall Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1891 - James Terrace, St Clement, Cornwall Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Jul 1892 - St Erme, Cornwall Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1901 - Baynard Quarry, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1911 - 32 Bridport Place, Truro, Cornwall Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Aug 1915 - Kandeliusa Island, Aegean Sea Link to Google Earth
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    Richard Thomas Medlin    		Richard Thomas Medlin
    A cutting from the Western Gazette
    RMS Royal Edward    		RMS Royal Edward
    The ship that Richard was killed on.
     
    Documents
    Birth Certificate    		Birth Certificate
    Richard Thomas Medlin
    Marriage Certificate    		Marriage Certificate
    Richard Thomas Medlin
     
    Histories
    Richard Thomas Medlin    		Richard Thomas Medlin
    War Grave
    Richard Thomas Medlin    		Richard Thomas Medlin
    WWI - Medal Card
     
  • Source/Notes 
    • Birth: 1872 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Truro County: Cornwall Volume: 5c Page:174
      Marriage: 1892 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Truro County: Cornwall Volume: 5c Page:197
      Death:
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      SS Royal Edward, Troop/Hospital Ship, sunk by U-Boat UB14 at 09:15 on 13th August 1915. Eye witness reports say that the ship sunk in less than 5 minutes.
      The following is from a extract of a letter from Kate Tildesley the Curatorial Officer at the Ministry of Defence,Naval Historical Branch. Kate said that there were no original records at the MOD on the UB 14 but she did come across a couple of secondary references:
      Arno Spindler thought the incident was important enough to include in the German official history of the war, although he merely notes the approximate tonnage of the vessel and the speed with which she sank. His glossary of the U-Boats in service during WW1 also states that UB 14 was commanded by Oberleutnant zur See von Heimberg, and that her first patrol was out of Orak in the Aegean.
      Spindler also makes reference to the British Oficial history, Sir Julian Corbett's History of the Great War:Naval Operations:Vol.11(Longmans Green & Co.:London 1940) Corbett's account reads as follows:
      "Hitherto the anti-submarine organisation in the AEgean had seemed to be all that was required, but on August 13th the Royal Edward, a transport of 11,000 tons, carrying drafts from Egypt for the XX1Xth Division and other details to the number of nearly 1,400 officers and men, was torpedoed just as she was approaching Kandeliusa island, off the Gulf of Kos. It was a landfall on the direct route into the AEgean from Alexandria which the transports for Mudros were still taking, and was in the patrol area assigned to the french. It would appear that the German submarine UB 14, one of the new small class that had been brought overland to the Adriatic in sections, had put into the Gulf of Kos on her way from Cattero to the Bosporus in order to operate against the transport line. Her lurking place was in a lonely little cove called Orak bay,ten miles east of Rudrum, in the vicinity of which we had long suspected that a submarine base had been established, but whether or not it had existed it had never been discovered. As soon as the loss was known two french destroyers were ordered to the spot; the hospital ship Soudan was also there and a trawler or two, but between them they saved less than 500 souls."

      THE TIMES
      Tue. Sep. 7, 1915, p.5
      MEMORIAL AT SEA ---------- SERVICE WHERE THE ROYAL EDWARD SANK ----------
      We have received from the Rev. Basil K. Bond, Chaplain to the Forces, who is attached to the hospital ship Devanha, an account of one of the most impressive funeral services of the war. Three weeks ago the country was told of the sinking of the transport Royal Edward in the Aegean Sea, with a thousand of the men she carried. Even before the news of the disaster was published here, a memorial service was held over the spot where the ship went down, and the bodies of those who had lost their lives were solemnly committed to the keeping of the sea. "It is our hope," writes the chaplain, "that the thought that such a service was held may give some comfort to the bereaved at home." The Royal Edward was sunk a few minutes after 9 o'clock on the morning of Friday, August 13. The news quickly reached Alexandria, where the hospital ship Devanha was getting ready to sail, and at the suggestion of the captain it was arranged that a memorial service should be held at the scene of the disaster. The Devanha left Alexandria, and on the following evening those on board knew that they were nearing the spot for lifeboats, lifebelts, soldiers' water bottles, planks, and other pieces of wreckage were seen floating on the water. Soon after half-past 8 they came close upon the place, and the ship's bell tolled slowly while the Europeans in the ship assembled on the boatdeck to pay the last tribute to the dead. All were there - the captain, officers, engineers and stewards, the doctors, nurses, orderlies, and some of the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps who were passengers. The service began with the hymn "Let Saints on earth in concert sing." Then came the opening sentences of the Burial Service, followed by the 46th Psalm - "God is our help and strength." During the singing of the Psalm the vessel slowed down until it stopped right over the place where the Royal Edward lay. The lesson was read, and the committal prayer for those buried at sea followed. The collect for All Saints Day, the prayer for those in anxiety and sorrow, and the prayer for our soldiers and sailors were offered. Then, as the ship gradually proceeded on her way, the blessing was given, and the hymn "Now the labourer's task is o'er" was sung. The National Anthem and the Dead March in Saul brought the service to an end.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S12] GRO Birth Certificate, England and Wales. Registrar General., birth certificate for Richard Thomas Medlyn, born 13 Jun 1872; citing 5c/174/426, Jun quarter 1872, Truro registration district, St Clement sub-district (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S68] Census 1911 England, England., (Findmypast.com. \i 1911census.co.uk\i0 . http://www.1911census.co.uk : 2009), 32 Bridport Place, Truro, Cornwall, Richard Thomas Medlin household; (http://www.1911census.co.uk : accessed 21 Dec 2008); citing RG 78 PN 820, RG 14 PN 13844, registration district (RD) 296, sub district (SD) 4, enumeration district (ED) 5, schedule number (SN) 166 (Reliability: 4).

    3. [S13] GRO Marriage Certificate, England and Wales. Registrar General., marriage certificate for Richard Johns Medlin and Elizabeth Sparks, married 3 Jul 1892; citing 5c/197/148, Sep quarter 1892, Truro registration district (Reliability: 3).

  

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