I wonder if anyone can give me some assistance here.
My neighbour, whilst helping his elderly parents move house came upon an item his father was ready to throw out.
It's a first world war brass artillery shell case with the following professionally engraved upon it.....
New London
Bermuda
Azores
Brest
Plymouth
To
D.L.Waterfield
From The Crew Of
U.S.S.C. 36
Plymouth, England
1918-19
I have managed to work out the vessel was a 'submarine chaser' and seen a few b/w images of the vessel online.
My puzzle is who was D. L. Waterfield? Was it a Deputy Lieutenant Waterfield or a possible David Lawrence Waterfield (that being a mere guess)?
I've trawled the interweb but found nothing concrete. My neighbour and his parents hail from the town of Liskeard here in Cornwall which is about twenty miles from Plymouth, Devon where obviously the presentation took place.
Any pointers would be most welcome from any US naval historians to solve this mystery.
Regards,
Jay.
My neighbour, whilst helping his elderly parents move house came upon an item his father was ready to throw out.
It's a first world war brass artillery shell case with the following professionally engraved upon it.....
New London
Bermuda
Azores
Brest
Plymouth
To
D.L.Waterfield
From The Crew Of
U.S.S.C. 36
Plymouth, England
1918-19
I have managed to work out the vessel was a 'submarine chaser' and seen a few b/w images of the vessel online.
My puzzle is who was D. L. Waterfield? Was it a Deputy Lieutenant Waterfield or a possible David Lawrence Waterfield (that being a mere guess)?
I've trawled the interweb but found nothing concrete. My neighbour and his parents hail from the town of Liskeard here in Cornwall which is about twenty miles from Plymouth, Devon where obviously the presentation took place.
Any pointers would be most welcome from any US naval historians to solve this mystery.
Regards,
Jay.