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Robin Hoods Bay John Doe was a sailor who died on 18 January 1917 during World War I.

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On 18 January 1917, the SS Planudes was travelling from Tyne towards Trouville, France. The ship struck a mine placed by SM UC-43 and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all eleven crew members.[1]

He is buried in St. Stephen's New Churchyard in Robin Hoods Bay, England. The location of the grave is not known.

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  1. Believed to have sunk on 20 January.