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James William Gilbert

10 August 2015 by SWM

J. W. Gilbert
Service no. K/42535
Stoker Second Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Cornwall”
Died age 19 on 10 January 1918
CWGC: “Son of W. Gilbert, of 139 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial

Information from the Royal Navy website

The fourth HMS Cornwall (1902-1920) was a 9000 ton armoured cruiser launched at Pembroke in 1902. On the outbreak of war in 1914 she was despatched to West Africa to intercept German merchant shipping. She proceeded to the Falklands and on 8 December 1914 engaged German light cruisers, sinking theLeipzig. Returning to West Africa until June 1915 she was sent to support the Gallipoli campaign. The following October she went back to the East Indies and China Stations to protect Allied shipping from surface raiders. Returning to the UK in 1917 she was refitted and escorted convoys between Canada and the UK. She paid off early in 1919.

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 James William Gilbert, then aged 12, lived at 74 Thorparch Road, Stockwell. His father, William Gilbert, 52, was a railway guard from Frampton, Dorset. His mother, Annie Gilbert, 48, was born in London. They had had 7 children, 6 of them surviving in 1911. Five lived at home:
Ellen Lucy Gilbert, 17, was a machinist
Lilian Frances Gilbert, 14, was a domestic servant
James William Gilbert, 12
Florence Louisa Gilbert, 10
Alice May Gilbert, 7
All the children were born in London.

Filed Under: G names, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 19, Died, naval

Thomas Cavalier

10 August 2015 by SWM

T. C. Cavalier
Service no. 468539
Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine Reserve, RFA Reliance
Died age 27 on 20 January 1918
Son of Mrs E. Cavalier, of 14 Irving Grove, Stockwell
Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial

Thomas Cavalier was killed on HMS Louvain after it was attacked by a U-boat (UC22) in the Eastern Mediterranean. The ship was employed in examination duties at sea to enforce a blockade. There is some information she was being used as a leave ship when torpedoed. Of the 151 on board only 10 survived.

Filed Under: C names, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 27, naval

Brian Harvey Capewell

9 August 2015 by SWM

The Capewell headstone in West Norwood Cemetery
The Capewell headstone in West Norwood Cemetery

B. H. Capewell
Service no. M/15985
Ship’s Steward Assistant, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Vala.”
Died age 23 on 21 August 1917
Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell, of 35 Union Road, Clapham, London.
Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial, West Norwood Cemetery, London SE27

Brother of Frederick Harold Capewell

HMS “Vala” was a Q boat was torpedoed on 21 August 1917.

Information from the Great War Forum

The Q boat “Vala” was sailing from Milford Haven to cruise between the Fastnet and the Scillies, she was one day out when last heard from. When she never returned to Queenstown, Q Ship Heather went to search for her in the Bay of Biscay. On 7th of September the German Government announced by wireless that the former English Steamer Vala had been sunk by a U-Boat (UB.54) . Commander Leopold A. Bernays CMG was in command.

Information from the censuses and from the family headstone in West Norwood Cemetery

In 1901 Brian Harvey Capewell was living with his family at 68 Paradise Road, Lambeth. By 1911 they had moved to 24 Union Road, London SW4 where they had 7 rooms.

In 1911, Brian’s father, Brian Charles Capewell, was a 47-year-old master plasterer born in Finsbury. The headstone states that he died on 20 October 1939, aged 76.

Brian’s mother, Lily Rosina Capewell (also shown on the headstone) was 47 in 1911. She was born in London. The children listed on the census were:
Isabel Capewell, 20, a college student, born in Battersea. She died 8 April 1963, aged 72.
Brian Harvey Capewell, 17, born in Clapham. He is shown on the headstone: “BRIAN HARVEY CAPEWELL. KILLED IN 1914-1918 war (NAVY) AGED 22”
Harry James Capewell, 15, born in Clapham. He died 27 November 1965, aged 70. (The headstone includes Harry’s wife Grace, who died 8 July 1988, aged 93.)
Frederick Harold Capewell, 12, born in Clapham. He shown on the headstone: “FREDERICK HAROLD CAPEWELL. KILLED IN 1914-1918 WAR (ARMY) DIED 6 APRIL 1918. AGED 19”
Richard Thomas Capewell, 2, born in Clapham.

The 1901 census also lists
Lily E. Capewell, 3, who died aged 7 on October 1904.
Daisy Capewell, 8

The headstone includes
Sidney G. Capewell, who died on 10 February 1905, aged 7 months.

Filed Under: C names, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Stockwell War Memorial, West Norwood Cemetery Tagged With: 1917, age 23, naval

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