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88 - Chief Steward Robert M. Cooke MMR (Mercantile Marine Reserve) was drowned on 6 September 1915 and buried In Halifax. Sadly Midshipman Elystan T. Day was drowned the same day, possibly in the same incident (involving the loss of the picket boat?), but his body was not recovered. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Memorial (Don Kindell). 89 - Divers seacrching for the lost picket boat. It might be linked to the two drownings. 90 - Mr. W. Ballyn.

91/92/93 - Snapshots of HMS Caronia.

94/95 - Her full complement of 37 Marines (plus one naval officer).
96 - Two sailors "adrift".

97 - Target practice. HMS Caronia was reportedly equipped with 4.7-inch guns with shields. These appear to be unshielded 6-inch. Possibly another ship? or added at her refit? See also Photo 43.

98/99 - Some of the men posing.
100 - Mascots 3 & 4.

101 - The blacksmith's shop. 102 - Caulking: filling in the gaps in the wooden decks.

103 - Liberty men called by the Royal Marine Bugler.

104/105/106 - Stewards at physical drill. The stewards were presumably in chef Harry Russell's department.

107/108/109 - Stewards at physical drill.

110 - Mascot number 5. 111/112 - The Royal Marines gymnastic class.

113/144 - Breaking through the waves.

115 - Snapshot from the crow's nest. 116 - Cemetery at Halifax (graves of Titanic victims).

117/118 - RMS Olympic was converted into a troopship in September 1915 and continued in that role throughout the war. She was one of two sister-ships to the ill-fated Titanic.

119/120 - HMS Essex and HMS Suffolk, North Atlantic Squadron. Both Kent-class armoured cruisers, serving in the North America and West Indies Station

121/122 - Oly Joe, the firemen's friend. 123 - Two of the Marines.

124 - Two of the 4.7-inch guns with shields.