Next of kin address 8 Green Lane Hersham England More info Previous occupation- Garden Boy. .Joined Royal Navy on 24/08/1915 as Boy 2nd class. Served aboard HMS Gloucester (at Jutland) from 21/03/1916 to March 1919. Was on HMS Raleigh when she was wrecked off Newfoundland- In April 1922, Sir William Christopher Pakenham was Admiral of the Royal Navy's North America and West Indies Station and he designated Raleigh as his flagship. Sir Arthur Bromley was the captain of Raleigh and it was through his negligence that the ship was lost. On 8 August 1922, Captain Bromley sped the flagship through thick fog and ran her aground at L'Anse Amour, Newfoundland and Labrador. Eleven sailors were drowned in the shipwreck. The ship was a total write-off. The ship remained hard-aground and upright for four years. During this period, she was stripped of all salvageable items and was then destroyed with explosives in September 1926. With thanks to Mr Mott for this information on his grandfather.