A fact from Raymond Steed appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that 14-year-old Raymond Steed(pictured) was the youngest person in the British services to die in battle during the Second World War, when his ship SS Empire Morn was damaged by a mine?
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Latest comment: 15 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
This article would be improved if information were included as to whether it was legal to employ 14 year olds in this way at this point in time. Grandma Roses (talk) 02:13, 3 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 15 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
I'm not quite sure what's prompting the requests to delete this all of a sudden. He seems notable, and I don't beleive G7 applies since some usere have made contributions, in my case I spent some time tracking down sources. Sourcing could still be improved, but other primary sources (which aren't ideal I know) including his Merchant Navy service record should become more easily accessible in the near future, see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/business/popular_records.htm which should reduce the reliance on forums etc for details of his early life. David Underdown (talk) 10:11, 25 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
It's just the nominating editor trying to make a point, since he didn't get his way over some non-notable things he was determined to ram into the article. Kinda sad, really. MikeWazowski (talk) 04:43, 26 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
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