BORN HULL 31/03/1891. SON OF WILLIAM FORTH & MARY ANN (BELL) & TEN CHILDREN. NAVAL ADDRESS. EDUCATED WARNE STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 15/02/1909. SERVED IN CHINA AND THE EAST INDIES. SERVED ON HMS BULWARK. KILLED ON 26/11/1914, AGED 23, WHEN THE SHIP EXPLODED IN SHEERNESS HARBOUR, KENT KILLING 736 MEN. HE WAS UNMARRIED.
HARRY FORTH IS LISTED ON THE NORWOOD STREET MEMORIAL (HDM 27/10/1916). HIS BROTHERS WALTER AND JACK ALSO SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. THE THREE BROTHERS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 28/11/1914. *
HIS DEATH WAS RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_(1899)
First name:
HARRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
3939
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
26/11/1914
Place died:
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Age:
23
