BORN HULL 18/3/1885.SON OF GEORGE EDWIN BALDERSON (1854-1924) AND HENRIETTA ELIZA JEWITT (1861-1943). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BAPTISED AT ST SILAS CHURCH, HULL. THE FAMILY MOVED TO GRIMSBY. HIS FATHER BEING AN ENGINEER ON STEAM FISHING VESSELS.
HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY BEFORE THE WAR. SERVED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND WHEN THE QUEEN MARY SANK ON 31/O5/1916. HIS BODY WAS NOT RECOVERED.
First name:
JOSEPH EDWIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
224663
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK
Age:
31
59 MANSEL STREET, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
