GEORGE MAXWELL POTTIE 

Rank: Assistant Engineer
Service Number:.
Regiment: HMS Ramsey Royal Naval Reserve
Killed In Action Sunday 8th August 1915
Age 60
County Memorial Crewe
Commemorated\Buried Plymouth Naval Memorial
Grave\Panel Ref: N/A
CountryEngland

George Maxwell's Story.

Son of George Pottie of Crewe and husband of Hannah Pottie of 76, Victoria Street, Crewe. He was a former millwright in Crewe Works. The Ramsey was sunk by the German minelayer Meteor, while apparently flying Russian colours. A total of five officers and 50 crew were lost from a ship’s complement of 98.

Updated by Mark A. Potts on June 22, 2017.