Early Life :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.

Detail :

John was recorded as "Mate" when he was aboard the United States registered cargo SS St. Helens when it was torpedoed off Spain, 15th October, 1917. She sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west north west of Cape Vilano, Spain (45°57′N 11°19′W) by SM U-105 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 24 crew.

Masonic :

The lodge records of Albert Edward Prince of Wales Lodge No. 1429 show that he was "Lost at Sea Oct/17." On this record it betrays that his mother lodge is Lodge of Amity No. 137 at Poole, him having been initiated into it 1891. He is recorded as a Master Mariner resident at Wimborne. Unfortunately, things went wrong by 1895 and he had four years of arrears/absence before he was excluded in 1898. He must have repaid his dues as he is joined to the latter lodge in 1911, when he is now shown resident at Newport.

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