{"id":34068,"date":"2024-05-21T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ff455deb-eaef-44f9-af7a-35f998883cb9"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:34:34","slug":"these-old-pictures-capture-the-tragic-story-of-my-grandfather-who-died-in-a-shipwreck-off-the-coast-of-chile-in-1914","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/these-old-pictures-capture-the-tragic-story-of-my-grandfather-who-died-in-a-shipwreck-off-the-coast-of-chile-in-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"These old pictures capture the tragic story of my grandfather who died in a shipwreck off the coast of Chile in 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 09:12 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"\/><p>My grandfather John Ellery Tizard on holiday in Bridgend, Wales, in about 1884.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1182\" height=\"1712\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/05\/fullsizeoutput_40c9.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a teenage boy in navy uniform\" class=\"wp-image-20481\"\/><\/figure><p>John joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/military\/how-find-royal-navy-service-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Royal Navy<\/a> when he was just 18 years old.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2088\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/05\/fullsizeoutput_498d-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of four men in Royal Navy uniform, each with a dog\" class=\"wp-image-20482\"\/><\/figure><p>John joined the HMS <em>Good Hope<\/em>. 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On 1 November 1914, the ship was sunk with the loss of all hands at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/05\/fullsizeoutput_3e7c-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"A scroll\" class=\"wp-image-20485\"\/><\/figure><p>John&#8217;s next of kin received this scroll after the war ended.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 09:12 AM My grandfather John Ellery Tizard on holiday in Bridgend, Wales, in about 1884. John joined the Royal Navy when he was just 18 years old. John joined the HMS Good Hope. Here he is (smoking a pipe) with some of the ship&#8217;s crew and their dogs! 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