Matthew McLoughlin

Died

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5 June 1916

Age

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37

Rank

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Detective Sergeant

Force

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Metropolitan Police

Cause

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War

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Drowned while on Special Branch duty as Lord Kitchener’s bodyguard when HMS Hampshire struck a mine and sank off the coast of Orkney.

Roll of Honour Citation

Drowned while on Special Branch duty as Lord Kitchener’s bodyguard when HMS Hampshire struck a mine and sank off the coast of Orkney.

Circumstances

Drowned in the sinking of HMS Hampshire off the coast of Orkney when the ship struck a mine. He was on Special Branch duty as the bodyguard of Lord Kitchener.