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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Tom Scotson

Search for Liverpool family to reunite them with WWI veteran's plaque

A retired postman wants to reunite a sailor's special item with his Liverpool family.

Edward Timmins was born in 1880 and served in the Royal Navy for more than 20 years. He joined the naval warfare as a 16-year-old and worked on HMMS Blackmorevale throughout WWI.

The Great War sailor died after the naval reserve hit a mine off Todd Heath, Aberdeenshire on May, 1, 1918. The explosion killed 26 of the 72 crew members and sank into the Scottish sea.

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