Over 5,300 photographs of people in war service from the Hastings and Rother area during WW1
The tag is allocated to individuals that feature on this website who served aboard HMS Bulwark
George Albert Rummery
Rank: 2nd Class Ship’s Corporal
Ship: HMS Bulwark
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Sarah Rummery
Address: Woodsdale Cottage, Battle Road, Mountfield
Other Info: He died aged 31, along with over 750 other seamen, when HMS Bulwark exploded due to an internal explosion on 26th November 1914. George is remembered at All Saints Church in Mountfield, East Sussex.
Published: December 1914
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George F Colbran
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Bulwark
Father: Mr J Colbran
Brothers: Charles Colbran, T Colbran & J W Colbran
Brothers-in-Law: Frederick H Neville, Ernest A Neville, Albert Edward Neville, Sidney C Neville, George F Colbran, & John Henry Tidey & R J Coles
Address: Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: He died aged 31, along with over 750 other seamen, when HMS Bulwark exploded due to an internal explosion on 26th November 1914. He is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Panel 2. According to CWGC George was married to Minnie Kate Colbran and living at ‘Niton’, 8 Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, London.
Published: December 1914
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William Arthur Plumbridge
Rank: First Class Boy
Ship: HMS Bulwark
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Esther Plumbridge
Address: Courthouse Street, Hastings
Other Info: William was transferred to HMS Bulwark from HMS Hawke. He died aged 17, along with over 750 other seamen, when HMS Bulwark exploded due to an internal explosion on 26th November 1914. He is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Panel 3.
Published: December 1914
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