BORN CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE, 06/12/1884. SON OF LEONARD FOSTER (1855-1917) AND HARRIET PAPE. A FISHERMAN. HE MARRIED MARY EDITH HALLIDAY, IN HULL, IN 1902 AGED 17. THEY LIVED AT THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. FELL IN GRANVILLE DOCK WHILST BOARDING VESSEL AT DOVER. DROWNED ON 26/11/1915, AGED 30. HE IS BURIED AT DOVER (ST. JAMES’S) CEMETERY, KENT
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ETON STREET MEMORIAL, HESSLE ROAD, HULL.
HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 11/01/1916. *
First name:
LEONARD WHITTAKER
Regiment:
Military Number:
5880
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
26/11/1915
Place died:
DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY, KENT
Age:
30
11 GERTRUDE TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
