Regiment: Royal Navy HMS "Defence"

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30 , MERSEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
31/05/1915
       
Aged
29
BORN HULL 15/4/1887. SON OF FREDERICK BOOTY OF 30 MERSEY STREET, HULL. HMS Defence and HMS Warrior During the battle of Jutland, HMS Warrior and HMS Defence, attracted by the drifting hull of the crippled SMS Wiesbaden, closed in for the kill, only to blunder right into the gun sights of Hipper´s and Scheer´s oncoming capital ships. Def […]
1 EASTERN AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
31/05/1916
       
Aged
20
BORN HULL 23/9/1895. SON OF ARTHUR HENSON & JANE ANNIE WOOD ABOVE. ON MARFLEET ROH. NAVAL ADDRESS.   HMS Defence and HMS Warrior During the battle of Jutland, HMS Warrior and HMS Defence, attracted by the drifting hull of the crippled SMS Wiesbaden, closed in for the kill, only to blunder right into the gun sights of Hipper´s […]
1 OCKLEY TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
31/05/1916
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 08/04/1881. SON OF JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH MELADY, OF 8 HENRY TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS AN EXPERIENCED SEA MECHANIC AND HAD RECEIVED THE LONG SERVICE & GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 21ST JUNE 1916 ALONG WITH HIS FIVE OTHER BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED. * […]
11 CARISBROOKE VILLAS, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
31/05/1916
       
Aged
30
BORN SHEFFIELD, 11/03/1885. MARRIED HULL 1909. WIFE MARY ELIZABETH (BARON). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A PLATELAYER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILYWAYS, AT KEYINGHAM. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. SERVED ON HMS "DEFENCE". LOST AT JUTLAND ON 31/05/1916, AGED 30. LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN, THE ELDEST SEVEN YEARS OLD, ONE, FIVE YEARS […]
Chief Petty Officer, Mechanic
33, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
31/05/1916
       
Aged
38
BORN ABERDEEN 19/03/1878. SON OF JAMES JOSEPH RYAN (1851-1934) & WILLIAMENA COUTTS (1859- ), OF 40, BACHELOR STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A HM CUSTOM OFFICER. A RAILWAY PORTER. HE HAD JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 20/12/1897 AND WAS DUE TO RETIRE IN TWO YEARS TIME. HIS NAVAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, AUBURN HAIR, […]
24 , BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
31/05/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 01/02/1896. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR TAYLOR (1865-1905) & MATILDA PICKERSGILL (1875-1909) AND NEPHEW OF KATE PICKERSGILL, AT 24 , BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 28/04/1912. WAS KILLED AT SEA, ON HMS "DEFENCE", DURING THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON […]