Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Archives

Navy

Baker, William Henry Wenham

16th October 202116th October 2021
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William Henry Wenham Baker

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Parents: Mr William Adams & Mrs Leonora Louisa Baker

Address: 2 The Croft, Hastings

Other Info: Died in hospital in Alexandria. According to CWGC, William is remembered at East Mudros Military Cemetery, grave reference I.B.37

Published: June 1915 in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer

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Navy

Horne, Samuel

30th August 2021
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Samuel Horne

Rank: Shipkeeper

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Other Info: The text reads: “The photograph on the left shows Mr Samuel Horne and his three sons. He is a member of a remarkable family, a son of Mrs Jane Nelson (see in the picture on the right) of Fore Street, Exmouth, who has received a letter from the King congratulating her on having seven sons in the Navy. She also has three grandsons serving making ten in all from one family. One of the grandsons, now on the ‘Superb’, is shown in the above picture, with his father, Mr Samuel Horne, who was on the ‘Northumberland’ when His Majesty the King was serving on the same ship as Lieutenant. Mr Horne has been Shipkeeper at the RNVR Drill Hall, West St Leonards since its opening, and has been on active service since the war broke out.

Published: May 1915

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Navy

Turk, George Thomas

1st January 20213rd January 2021
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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 17th August 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Additional name information from the Hastings & Rother Family History website. The inscription on his grave says “Gone but not forgotten. From his sorrowing wife and children”.

Published: December 1914

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Army

Kent, F C

13th September 2018
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F C Kent

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Parents: Mr & Mrs J Kent

Address: 115 Ashburnham Road, Hastings

Other Info: He has had some exciting experiences whilst attached as a gunner in the Merchant Service. In May 1917, he was on board a ship on two occasions when they were unsuccessfully attacked by boats.; he was ice bound in Russia from October 1917 to January 1918; had his ship sunk in the North Sea when homeward bound from Russia in February and was rescued and landed at Grimsby.

Published: March 1918

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Navy

Parks, T E

26th June 201826th June 2018
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T E Parks

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Brothers: William James Selmes Parks & Frederick J Parks

Cousins: William J Grindrod & H R Parks

Uncles: A Brooks & C Brooks

Address: St Leonards

Other Info: Invalided home from Haslar Hospital and since died on 26th September 1917.

There is no reference to this person on CWGC.

Published: November 1917

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Westlake, G H

4th April 2018
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G H Westlake

Rank: Wireless Operator

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Father: Mr W W Westlake

Address: 20 Vicarage Road, Hastings

Other Info: Serving on one of H.M.’s ships.

Published: June 1917

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Cope, Lawrence Eugene Tennyson

27th March 2018
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Lawrence Eugene Tennyson Cope

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Father: Mr Charles Elvey Cope A.R.C.O.

Address: 17 Wellington Square, Hastings

Other Info: Regiment info from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: June 1917

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Parks, William James Selmes

28th January 201826th June 2018
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William James Selmes Parks

Rank: 3rd Writer

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Ship: HMS Iron Duke

Brothers: T E Parks & Frederick J Parks

Cousins: William J Grindrod & H R Parks

Uncles: A Brooks & C Brooks

Address: St Leonards

Other Info: “We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?”

Additional name and rank information from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: October 1914 & November 1917

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Griffith, F

28th January 201828th January 2018
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F Griffith

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Ship: HMS Iron Duke

Address: Eastbourne

Other Info: We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?

Published: October 1914

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Rowe, William

28th January 201828th January 2018
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William Rowe

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves

Ship: HMS Iron Duke

Address: Brighton

Published: October 1914

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