BORN HULL 06/01/1894. HIS MOTHER MARY BROWN LIVED AT 8, HUDSON YARD, WILLIAM STREET, SCARBOROUGH (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 26/02/1913. SERVED AS A STOKER, FIRST CLASS, ON HMS “BLENHEIM” AND “SCOURGE”. LOST AT SEA, ON 19/11/1915, AGED 21.
COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE.
HMS Scourge was a Beagle Class destroyer. She served in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, helping to transfer troops ashore. At Suvla Bay on 6–7 August 1915, Scourge worked with five other Beagle destroyers as well as a Portuguese destroyer to tow troop landing craft to the shore. HMS Scourge also assisted after the sinking of the hospital ship HMHS Britannic while cruising through the Mediterranean. She received SOS and CQD from the Kea Channel; steamed towards the location. Scourge picked up 339 survivors and the rest rowed to land on Kea Island, or got picked up by other ships afterwards.This Event happened during World War 1
