BORN HULL 25/09/1888. SON OF JOHN JEKYLL (1848-1923) & AGNES ELLEN POLLYBLANK (1866-1940), OF 33, BALFOUR STREET, HULL WAR PENSION AND NAVAL ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL MARINES (No 15999), ON 23/09/1907. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 08/04/1911. HE WAS BASED AT CHATHAM BARRACKS (1911 CENSUS). LOST AT SEA, ON HMS “QUEEN MARY” AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916. AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BALFOUR STREET MEMORIAL.
First name:
JOHN HARDWICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
M3359
Rank:
Medic
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK
Age:
27
