THE SILENT SERVICE.
LACONIC NAVAL HERO. LONDON July 10. Mrs. Power, the occupant of a cottage at Sun bury, and the twice-widowed mother of Willis, the torpedo gunner's mate who was the hero of the disaster to the British submarine Poseidon on Wei-hai-wei on June 10. says she would never have learned of his gallantry had not it been announced in the House of Commons by the First Lord of the Admiralty.
That heroes are semi-articulate is proved anew by the laconic quality of Willis' letter to his wife, describing his deliverance from the submarine. "I have been in hospital about a day, but lam now ail right. We were in the submarine about four hours when it sank. The men stuck it like heroes, and did everything I told them. After beins picked up, we were taken aboard the Hermes."
The "Daily Mail" has opened a national shilling fund for Mrs. Willie, and has headed the list with £100 in order to provide her with her own home.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 166, 16 July 1931, Page 7
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