Overlooking the town of Chatham in Kent is the Chatham Naval Memorial. It commemorates more than 8,500 Royal Navy personnel of the First World War and over 10,000 of the Second World War who were lost or buried at sea.
More than 45,000 men and women lost their lives while serving with the Royal Navy during the First World War. After the Armistice, the naval authorities and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission were determined to find an appropriate way to commemorate naval personnel who had no grave.
KEY FEATURES
Chatham Naval Memorial is one of three naval memorials in the UK. The others are at Plymouth and Portsmouth
All three memorials were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer with sculpture by Henry Poole. Each design is the same with an obelisk of Portland stone surmounted by a copper sphere The memorial commemorates more than 8,500 Royal Navy personnel of the First World War and over 10,000 of the Second World War
The Second World War extension was designed by Sir Edward Maufe
It is made of Portland stone with bronze plaques
The memorial was unveiled on 26 April 1924 by the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII). The extension was unveiled by the Duke of Edinburgh on 15 October 1952.
7 Herberts Avenue, Balfour Street, Hull
Died on
11/08/1917
Aged
50
Born Glasgow, 1867. Husband of Emma McLean and 5 children at 9 Spring Terrace Waterloo Street Hull (1911 Census) and 7 Herbert's Avenue, Balfour Street, Hull (Pension Address). A former Hull Dock Labourer. He served in the Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler "Jay." . Lost at sea through enemy action, on 11/08/1917, aged 50.
1, WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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19/11/1915
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34
BORN HULL 23/8/1881. SON OF HENRY & MARY ANN ABBOTT AT 108, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & 1, WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (ADDRESS SUPPLIED BY JON GROBBLER). HE WAS MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES FOR MINESWEEPING SERVICES. LEFT WIFE MARY & TWO CHILDREN. AT 5, CHURCHILL STREET, DOVER (NAVAL RECORDS). NOTE: A JOHN WIL […]
BORN HULL 03/01/1896. SECOND SON OF GEORGE ADAMS & ADA THUNDERCLIFFE. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN, OF 10 WEST DOCK AVENUE, HESSLE ROAD AND 77 ROSAMOND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DECK HAND IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LOST OVERBOARD ON TRAWLER "DIAMOND", ON 27/10/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. H […]
13 JOHN'S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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11/11/1917
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26
BORN HULL 02/03/1891. SON OF GEORGE & LAVINA ALCOCK OF 62 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. AN ABLE SEAMAN. MARRIED IN 1909. HIS WIFE, MINNIE (CHEEVERS) & THEIR CHILD, LIVED AT 13 JOHN'S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCKS AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. WILLIAM ALCOCK WAS KILLED A […]
CHIEF ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER
274, Beverley Road, Hull
Died on
03/01/1918
Aged
36
Born Gateshead, Durham, 26/06/1881. Son of Elizabeth Monkhouse Beresford (1862-1893. Married, on 19 Nov • 1909. Husband of Elizabeth Jane Langley (1884-1956), of 74, Spring Street, Hull, 46, Blenheim Street, Hull and 274, Beverley Road, Hull (war Pension addresses). They had two sons, Gordon and Russell. Served as Chief Engineer, Roya […]
Deck Hand
7 PARK VIEW COTTAGES, DIVISION ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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26/06/1916
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40
BORN LONDON 12/10/1875. WIFE MARGUERITE EVELINE ALGER, DAUGHTERS & SON - 27 LABURNUM AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE. ABOVE ADDRESS FROM HDM 26/6/17. KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION OFF LOWESTOFT ON 26/06/1916, AGED 28. HMT Tugela, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull in 1900 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British […]
Able Seaman
5 AYSCOUGH STREET, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
11/11/1917
Aged
40
BORN HULL 01/03/1877. SON OF BRIDGET & JOHN, HULL. WIFE ALICE LIVED IN GRIMSBY. ABLE SEAMAN. DROWNED 11/11/1917, AGED 40. Thuringia, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverley in 1913 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 297 tons. On November 11th, 1917, Thuringia was captured and […]
Engineman
4 VINE TERRACE, NORWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
18/03/1916
Aged
28
BORN DURBAN 1888, SOUTH AFRICA. WIFE MINNIE LIVED ABOVE. HE WAS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE NORWOOD STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR, (HDM 27/10/1916). The British Navy trawler HMT Ameer was sunk on 18th March 1916 by a mine from the German submarine UC-7 (Georg Haag), off Felixstowe. 8 of the crew were killed. PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT 'AMEER' 1. ANGUS, […]
Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 01/07/1885. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS & CAROLINE ASHLEY, OF 56, CAMDEN STREET, HULL. SON OF A SEAMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WAS MEMBER OF THE BON ACCORD FREEMASONS IN ABERDEEN. HIS WIFE RUTH ASHLEY, LIVED AT 26, CAMDEN STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE WAS SKIPPER OF THE STEAM TRAWLER 'MARGATE' AND DIED AT SEA ON […]
Able Seaman
2 LUKE'S TERRACE, ST LUKE'S STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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22/09/1914
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41
BORN HULL 08/08/1873. SON OF JESSIE THOMAS & JOSEPH ATKINSON, AT 2 LUKE'S TERRACE, ST LUKE'S STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A MERCHANT SEAMAN. EDUCATED AT ST PAUL STREET SCHOOL, HULL. WORKED ON THE WEEKLY BOATS AND WAS DELEGATE FOR THE SAILORS AND FIREMAN UNION. HE MARRIED LUCY ANN SCARBOROUGH, IN HULL ON 15/01/1900. THEY LIVE […]
Leading Signalman
BORN HESSLE 21/02/1885. SON OF VICTOR ARTHUR ALDOLPHUS (JAMES) AXUP (1844-1911) & HANNAH MARY CHRISTIE (1854-1939), AT 1 FLORAL GROVE, ETON STREET, HULL. MARRIED ELIZABETH DOROTHY MAY OAKLEY, AT ROMFORD, ESSEX IN AUGUST 1910. THEY LIVED AT 'RIVER VIEW', RAINHAM ROAD, DAGENHAM. THEIR DAUGHTER MURIEL WAS BORN IN 1911. A ROYAL NAVY LEAD […]
SON OF ELIZABETH JANE HEPWORTH, OF 1 IVY VILLAS, SELBY STREET, HULL. HE LOST HIS STEP FATHER CHIEF ENGINEER, JAMES HEPWORTH AND UNCLE, ABLE SEAMAN, JAMES WILLIAM HODGSON, FROM WASSAND STREET, ON THE SAME SHIP. IT WAS SUNK BY A MINE EXPLOSION IN THE THAMES ESTUARY. THEY WERE THE ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF THE CREW TO PERISH, THE REST WERE SAV […]
BORN HULL 24/07/1884. SON OF HENRY ROBERT BALDWIN AND MARY ANN O'NEIL, OF 58, ESSEX STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 21, ETON STREET, HULL (CANADIAN WAR PAPERS). ELDEST OF SIX SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED ELIZA COWLING, IN OCTOBER 1907. LIVED AT 28, DORSET STREET, HULL, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 21, ETON STREET, […]
Engineman
BORN NORFOLK 1881. MOTHER MARY ANN BALLS OF YARMOUTH. MARRIED 13/04/1898. WIFE ADA (SWALES) BALLS ABOVE ADDRESS. LOST AT SEA. DETAILS AND ADDRESS FROM CWGC RECORDS. Nadine, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1898 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 150 tons.On September 1st, 1915, Nadine […]
Deck Hand
10 ARTHUR GROVE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/09/1918
Aged
29
BORN HULL 15/02/1889. SON OF JOHN ARTHUR & ANN EDITH BARTRAM. HIS WIFE JANE & CHILDREN, JIMMY & FLORRY, LIVED AT 10 ARTHUR GROVE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (CWGC AND 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WAS FISHING WITH THE RED CROSS FLEET. HE SERVED AS A DECK HAND IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. STATIONED IN MALTA FOR […]
2 WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
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26/06/1916
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF SUSANNAH (O'HARA) & THOMAS BARWICK, (A SMACK SKIPPER DROWNED 11/04/1912). BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS ON HULL FISH DOCKS AND HAD SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO BECOME A TRAWLER TRIMMER, AND WAS LOST AT SEA ON 26/06/1916, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN TH […]
Engineman
6 Palm Grove, Eastbourne Street, Hessle Road, Hull
Died on
04/02/1916
Aged
36
Engineman, BATTY, JAMES, Service Number 3218ES, Died 04/02/1916, H.M. Trawler "De la Pole." Royal Naval Reserve Born Hull, on 05/08/1880. Baptised on 04 Nov 1880. Son of Thomas Batty and Elizabeth Pierce, of 10, Crown Place Wassand Street, Hull and 19, Rugby Street Hessle Road, Hull.. He married on 17-09-1902 at St Johns, Newington, H […]
Able Seaman
8 CLAREMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/10/1914
Aged
36
BORN KENT 21.9.1878. MARRIED HULL 1905. WIFE EDITH HODGESON & 2 GIRLS, OF 8 CLAREMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL. A HULL POST MAN. HE HAD SERVED IN BOER WAR. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S SOMERSET STREET MEMORIAL AND THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK. HMS Hawke, British, Edgar class First Class Protected Cruiser. Torpedoed […]
3 Town Hall Street, Great Grimsby, UK
Died on
03/12/1916
Aged
24
Born Hull, 18/04/1892. Son of Herbert Colley Bedford (1864-1912) and Kate Shaw (1867-1957), of Hull. He had three brothers and four sisters. A seaman, boarding at 3 Town Hall Street, Great Grimsby, with his brother Harold and sister in law, Lizzie. He Served in the Royal Naval Reserve and was Skipper of the HMT 'Remarko' mined off Lowes […]
BORN HULL 20/6/1898. SON OF GEORGE BELL (1847-1906) AND SOPHIA ANN FOSTER (1856-1908). HIS SISTER, GRACE LIVED AT 34 , PAISLEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND WAS HIS NEXT OF KIN. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, AGED 19. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL, GREAT WAR MEMORIAL, GEORGE STREET, HULL. HMT Robert Smith, built by Alexa […]
