BORN ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX 03/03/1877. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1903. HIS WIFE ANNIE ELIZABETH RAPSON, LIVED AT 68 SOUTH STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD BEEN AT SEA ALL HIS WORKING LIFE. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. KILLED ON THE MINESWEEPER “NEATH CASTLE”, ON 14/08/1916, AFTER A COLLISION WITH A DUTCH SIP OFF THE ORKNEYS. AGED 39. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 15TH SEPTEMBER 1916.*
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
1363
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
14/08/1916
Place died:
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK
Age:
37
