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BORN LINCOLN 1903. SON OF CHARLES & ANNIE BARNES - 171 MALDEN ROAD, COLCHESTER. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and ha […]
BORN HULL 1886. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE LIVED AT 2, MILITARY ROAD, COLCHESTER WITH WIFE ALICE MARGARET CARTER, AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. A FORMER SHOE HAND. HE ENLISTED AT LEICESTER, ON 09/03/1905, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6.5 INCHES TALL, 120LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, PALE COMPLEXION. SERVED AS A SERGEANT W […]
BORN HULL 1896. LIVED GLENCORSE, MIDLOTHIAN. SON OF EMMA (WHEATON) & ROBERT MOUAT - 129 CANTERBURY ROAD, COLCHESTER. SERVED AS SERGEANT, WITH THE 12TH ROYAL SCOTS. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 02/11/1918, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT COLCHESTER CEMETERY. HIS PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, AGED 46.
