George F Colbran
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Bulwark
Father: Mr J Colbran
Brothers: Charles Colbran, Thomas F 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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