BORN SHEFFIELD, 06/11/1884. BAPTISED AT ST VINCENTS, SHEFFIELD, 23/11/1884. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN IRELAND, AND MOVED TO HULL IN THE 1880’S
SON OF THOMAS BADGER (1845-1895) & MARTHA BOAG (1853-1926), OF 2, SILVESTER STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. THE FAMILY LIVED IN HULL, FROM 1891. A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 14/07/1900, AGED 15. SERVED IN PERSIAN GULF IN 1912. ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN, OF TORPEDOE BOAT, NUMBER 35. DIED OF STOMACH CANCER, ON 16/09/1914, AGED 29. BURIED IN QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST. CHARLES BOROMEO, CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, CORPORAL, WILLIAM THOMAS BADGER, L/12397, ‘Z’ COMPANY, 2ND ROYAL FUSILIERS, WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 29.
