Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.123 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 38D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Born in Lambeth, circa 1873. By 1911 he was married and living at 59 Upper Kennington Lane S.E., as a Royal Naval Chief Stoker and with his family.Family :
Married Jessie, nee Faulkner in 1895 and had three children, in 1911: Albert E[dward] b.1896 , Leonard Lewis b.1899 and Jessie b. 1900.It is quoted that he was remarried in 1914 at Plymouth to Isabella Susanna Butchers.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: HMS Grafton |
Mike: HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 30 January 1892. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion, Edgar and Theseus. She was sold for breaking up at Plymouth on 1 July 1920. |
| Action : No Data |
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Leading Stoker, HMS Trent (1901)
HMS Grafton (1917)
Detail :
The Grafton was in or near the Subterranean in May 1917 having supported the campaign in the Dardenelles. Albert is cited to have died on the 7th, the 17th and contemporary research records he died at or near Wandsworth in June 1917 (no probate found). In June 1917 the Grafton was torpedoed near Malta, but stated to have incurred no casualties.
Possibly Silver War Badge issue to Gillings, A 152357 Ch. Sto. (Badge No. 3069) 2.11.16
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lord Charles Beresford No. 2404 E.C. | East Kent |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
23rd April 1901 | 28th May 1901 | 25th June 1901 |
The Masonic Roll of Honour 1921 shows Albert Gittings, but the registers of the Lodge at the United Grand Lodge of England reveal that he is in fact called Gillings. The annotation is that he "Died 17 May 1917", which is slightly out from other recorded instances of 7th May. Note, recorded as a Leading Stoker on 31st March 1901, but just 24 days later he is recorded as a Petty Officer in Lord Charles Beresford Lodge's records.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley