1914/15 Star named SS 2622 W AMOS AB RN, British War & Victory Medals named SS 2622 W AMOS LS RN.
William Amos born 10th Dec 1889 in Brockley, London, enlisted into the Royal Navy numbered SS2622 in Chatham on 7th Sep 1908 aged 19 years old. He was a former building labourer and signed on as an ordinary seaman he stayed in the Navy till 2nd Nov 1913 when he signed on for the Royal Fleet Reserve numbered B10193. During WW1 his first ship was HMS Hogue which on the 22nd Sep 1914 was seeking shelter from a storm with HMS Aboukir & Cressy. A German U-Boat U9 had also taken refuge and when surfaced discovered the ships. He fired a torpedo into HMS Aboukir which thought she had struck a mine and began to sink. HMS Hogue & Cressy came to her rescue but realised too late it was a submarine attack. Two torpedo hit HMS Hogue and she began to sink but the discharge of two torpedos caused U9 to rise to the surface and HMS Hogue's gunners attempted to sink her. HMS Cressy saw the surfaced Sub and attempted to ram her but was hit by a torpedo and began sinking within half an hour. Several trawles came to the rescue of the crews. HMS Hogue lost 377 men with a total of 62 officers and 1,397 ratings lost, only 837 were rescued.
William was one of the few rescued from HMS Hogue. He joined HMS Juno on 12th Feb 1917 till 16th Apr 1919 and was rewarded for Land Operations when he was discharged. Sadly in the preceding years William went insane and died in 1946.
