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Charles Easter

Rank Boy Telegraphist or Boy 1st class
Service Number J 33434
Born 26/05/1899 London Wimbledon England

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Chatham
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HMS Barham

Class Battleship

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Chatham Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and overlooks the town. There are 18,623 identified casualties listed of which 8,517 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) on 26th April 1924

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Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Chatham Naval Memorial Next of kin address 106 Haydons Rd Wimbledon Mother Mary Ann Father Henry Robert Brother Clifford Henry (29/07/1890). Thomas Frederick (1892), William Ernest (30/03/1893), Harold Edmund (22/03/1898), Herbert (10/1900), Sidney (1902), Henry (1903), Walter (1904), George (1907) Sister May Ann Hilda (1894), Lavinia Elizabeth (1896), Rosalind Cause (1904) 1911 Census address 106 Haydon Road More info Joined from HMS Ganges 1901 census: as Nok address