Signaller
BORN HULL 02/12/1888. WIDOW ELLEN FRYATT, OF GILLINGHAM, KENT. SON OF JAMES & MARY FRYATT, HULL. NAVAL RECORDS. The eighth HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a St Vincent class battleship, an enhancement of the ´dreadnought´ design built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in April 1909, commissioned into the […]
Stoker 1st Class
BORN HULL 31/08/1890. REAL NAME JESSE HODSON. SERVED UNDER THE NAME OF FREDERICK JOHNSON AS PER WAR PENSION RECORDS. SON OF THOMAS BIRD HODSON (1838-1889) AND SARAH ANN BEAN (1844-1914), OF ALDBOROUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 11/12/1909. LIVING IN GILLINGHAM, AS A ROYAL NAVY STOKER IN 1911. A LEADING S […]