Royal Naval Reserve
Survived torpedoing of HMS Formidable on 1 January 1915. For more than 24 hours, they were tossed about on a stormy sea in a damaged boat which leaked so freely and shipped seas so frequently that constant baling by all who were able was an absolute necessity. Many of the men were scantily clad and the weather was bitterly cold. Notwithstanding this, Donald doffed his canvas jumper and stuffed it into a breach in the boat's side. Many of the men succumbed to the terrible exposure. The survivors were too weak and benumbed to drop their unfortunate mates overbaord, so the bodies of the dead lay awash in the bottom of the boat. The living tried to retain some warmth in their bodies by appropriating the garmens of the dead. The boat at length touched the beach at Lyme Regis. Donald and one other were the only survivors who were able, unaided, to walk to the nearest house, where they were hospitably entertained.
Gunner Malcolm Macdonald
Royal Naval Reserve
Interned in Holland
Gunner Alick John Macdonald
Royal Naval Reserve
Skipper Donald Smith
Royal Naval Reserve
Gunner Alick Smith
Royal Naval Reserve
Malcolm snr Smith
Royal Naval Reserve
Interned in Holland
Gunner Malcolm jnr Smith
Royal Naval Reserve
Murdo Smith
Royal Naval Reserve
The above five men were father and four sons
Captain Alex jnr Smith
Son of Angus Smith
Canadians
Twice wounded
Private Malcolm Smith
Son of Angus Smith
Canadians
Killed in France
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