BORN LONDON 04/12/1896. STRAND.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS SISTER JANE LIVED IN FLEET STREET, HOLBORN, LONDON. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
On 22 March 1918, the British sloop HMS Gaillardia, built by Blyth Shipbuilding in 1917, struck a British laid mine in the Northern Barrage, Pentland Firth. 93 hands were lost, including Captain Shafer.
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First name:
JAMES JABEZ
Regiment:
Military Number:
25374
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
22/03/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
21
