TracyWalker published New memorial for Nottingham First World War sailor who died on...

A heroic First World War sailor who died when his ship was sunk by a German mine will be honoured on a new wall commemorating the centenary of the tragedy. Leading Stoker William Stevenson, of Old Basford, was 31 when he died aboard HMS Hampshire on June 5, 1916, along with hundreds of colleagues and Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War. The disaster took place at Scapa Flow, a natural harbour about one-and-a-half miles off Orkney, as the battle cruiser was en-route to...