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Index to Photographs from John & Hazel's family website

SCOTLAND old photos
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above and top-right, the Forth Bridge from the decks of HMS Malaya, about 1915.

above, the lower card was sent by Jack Gower to his mother in Australia, probably from Rosyth, early 1916.

Jack was badly burned in the battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916. The ship was damaged but returned to Rosyth, Edinburgh the following day. Jack died 10 days later, probably at Queensferry after being taken across the Forth Bridge on the hospital train. Details