Arcadian

Private Stanley Glenister

Stanley was the son of George Glenister of Adelaide Terrace, Luton. He drowned when the troop carrier Arcadian was torpedoed by an enemy submarine on 15th April 1917 in the Aegean Sea on the way to Egypt. His body was not recovered.

A survivor's account of the sinking can be found here.

Private Cyril Charles Scoats

Cyril was the son of William Scoats, a straw hat manufacturer of 70 Burr Street, Luton. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1915 and was sent to Egypt in 1917. He drowned when the troop carrier Arcadian was torpedoed by an enemy submarine on 15th April 1917 in the Aegean Sea. His body was recovered and he is buried in a military cemetery on the Greek island of Syra with other casualties from the Arcadian.

An account of the sinking by a survivor can be read here.

 

 

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