BORN HULL 20/2/1896. SON OF GEORGE BENTLEY TATE (1868-1927) & MARTHA TATE, AT 57 , ST LUKES STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS) AND 24, EDWARD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO ELDER SISTERS, ETHEL & ANNIE.
HE JOINED THE NAVY ON 09/05/1916. SERVED AS A ROYAL MARINE NAVAL GUNNER. KILLED AT SEA, THREE WEEKS LATER, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 18.
HMS Queen Mary was a Queen Mary class Battle Cruiser, lost at the battle of Jutland. At 16.25 Queen Mary exploded and went down in only 90 seconds after probably receiving a hit from the German Battle Cruiser Von Der Tann. Two destroyers on both sides were also sunk during this period. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10779
First name:
CHARLES WALTER
Regiment:
Military Number:
RMA/1165
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Age:
18
