S.S.6441. (Dev) AB Ernest William Mutter, RN

1897 Born Mar 28 at Colyford, Devon

1901 census at 3, Village, South Leigh

1911 census he is a 14 year old domestic servant at Woodbridge Farway Honiton

1919 Jul 12. Died in an accident. HMS Delphinium, a fleet sweeping sloop. Son of Thomas and Mary Victoria Mutter, of Church Cottage, Southleigh, Colyton, Devon

Buried at Buncrana Parish Cemetery, Main Street, Buncrana, County Donegal

HMS Delphinium was an Arabis class mine-sweeping sloop, launched in 1915. It had a complement of 89.

 

British soldiers died in Ireland