1898

Alfred Joseph Walter Sims

Categories: Children, Tragedy

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 6. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

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Alfred Joseph Walter Sims

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HMS Albion disaster

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