A.F. SpiceService no. M/1766Cook’s Mate, Royal Navy, HMS Good HopeKilled in action on 1 November 1914 at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile, aged 23Remembered at Portsmouth Naval MemorialSee LondonWarMemorial.co.uk This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Albert Frank Spice was born on 9 March 1891 in Clapham, the third […]
Reginald Nicholson
R. NicholsonSignalman, Royal Navy, HMS ‘Vehement’. Service no. J/32529. Died 2 August 1918, aged 18Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Reginald Nicholson was born on 6 May 1899. After he was deserted as a baby he was admitted into the care of the Hammersmith Board of Guardians where he remained until 1917. Baby Reginald was […]
George Sidney Miller
G.S. MillerPetty Officer Stoker, Royal Navy, HMS VanguardService no. 311632Died in an explosion on 9 July 1917, aged 27Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Chris Burge writes: George Sidney Miller was born in Willesden, northwest London in 1892, the second child of parents George Henry and Elizabeth Miller, who were both originally from Great Yarmouth […]
Herbert Carey
H. CareyAble Seaman (RFR/CH/B/5028), HMS India Service no. 212125 Killed in action on 8 August 1915, aged 31Remembered at Narvik Old Cemetery, Norway Chris Burge writes: Herbert Carey was born on 27 November 1883 in Holloway, north London, the third of Thomas George and Mary Carey’s five known children. Herbert was still living in Islington […]
Walter Alexander
W. AlexanderRoyal Navy, Stoker 1st Class, HMS ‘Fandango’Service no. 311118Died on 3 July 1919, aged 28Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Chris Burge writes: Walter Alexander was born on 5 December 1888 in Camberwellin southeast London. In the 1891 census he is recorded as one of four siblings living at Faraday Street, Walworth: Maud, aged […]
