Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve RNR HMT "Rutlin Castle"

Last Name
Address
Narrative
5 LITTLE TERRACE, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
23/04/1917
       
Aged
38
BORN HULL 24/06/1879. SON OF WILLIAM POTTER (1849-1902) & MARY AUGUSTA LANE (1848-1895). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A SAILMAKER FROM BRIXHAM DEVON. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BERMUDA. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE WITH HIS BROTHERS, WILLIAM, JOHN AND ERNEST. HE SKIPPERED THE MINESWEEPER, "RUTHLIN CASTLE" HIS WIFE MARY […]