The tag named Navy has been allocated to the individuals featured on this site that served in the Navy during WW1.
Albert Catt Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Prince of Wales Parents: Mr Edwin & Mrs Charlotte Catt (Nee Wilmshurst) Brothers: Bernard Catt & Percival Catt & Norman Catt Sister: Amy Dawson (50 Alma Terrace, St Leonards) Address: 1 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards Published:…
George Thomas Turk Rank: Signalman Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Ship: HMS Seafire Wife: Elizabeth Turk Father: James H Turk Brother in Law: Albert V Crowhurst Address: 67 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings Other Info: George Thomas died aged 27 on…
George Burr Ship: On special patrol boat Parents: Mr & Mrs Burr Address: 4 Grove Road, Ore Other Info: Father is Acting Sergeant in the Hastings Police Force Published: February 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about…
George William Boon Rank: Deck Hand Ship: HMS Drifter Recompense Service: Royal Navy Reserves Wife: Mrs M E Boon Home Address: Mutford, Beccles, Suffolk Other Info: George Boon, aged 45, died on 28th March 1916. He is buried at Hastings…
Frank Baker Rank: Stoker 1st Class Ship: HMS Ariadne Parents: Mr Henry & Mrs Elizabeth Baker Wife: Mrs Annie Baker Address: 16 Clarence Place, Morice Town, Devonport, Devon Other Info: Frank died aged 22 on 26th July 1917 when HMS…
Charles Richard Adams Rank: Deck Hand Service: Trawler Section, Royal Navy Ship: HMT Island Prince Parents: Mr Robert & Mrs Mary Adams Wife: Rose Rebecca Adams Sister: Mrs Adams Nephew: Teddy Adams Brother-in-Law: Sidney G Stevenson Address: 6 Woods Passage, All Saints Street,…
Henry James Creasey Rank: Signalman Ship: HMS Empress of India & HMS Reindeer Parents: Mr & Mrs Creasey Address: 401 Bexhill Road, St Leonards Other Info: HMS Empress of India was sunk after being used for target practice in 1913. Published: November 1914 &…
George William Clarke Ship: HMS Juno Parents: Mr & Mrs Clarke Brother: Edward John Clarke Address: 139 Battle Road, St Leonards Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
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…
William Butler Rank: First Class Stoker Ship: HMS India Mother: Mrs Johnston Address: 25 Perth Road, Silverhill Other Info: Lost on 8th August 1915. The SS India, an armed merchant cruiser, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-22 off the coast of Norway. 160 crew were lost…
William Gower Ship: HMS Aboukir Brother: Harry George Gower Address: 39 Paynton Road, Silverhill Other Info: Was one of the men saved from HMS Aboukir when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. Published: October 1914…
Harry George Gower Rank: Seaman Wife: Mrs Gower Brother: William Gower Brothers-in-Law: George William Goble, Alfred Albert Goble & Amos Goble Address: 39 Paynton Road, Silverhill Other Info: Was in the Heligoland Bight Engagement Published: October 1914, May 1916 & September 1917 Please use…