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Caleb Chatfield

Rank Petty Officer
Service Number 168364
Born 26 Apr 1876 Patcham

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HMS Caroline

Class C class Light Cruiser

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Decorations SWB; LSGC; 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War Medals Joined 23 Aug 1892 Enlistment 26 Apr 1894 Next of kin address England More info Joined as a Boy on 23 August 1892. Started his Continuous Service on 26 April 1894. Appears on the 1901 census aboard HMS Minerva, moored off Gibraltar. Commenced coastguard duties in Ireland from 9 February 1904 onwards. Awarded LSGC medal in 1909. Address on 1911 census: Coastguard Cottages, Roseapenna, Donegal. Served aboard HMS Caroline from 4 December 1914 to 7 August 1916. Subsequently medically discharged 19 October 1916, and died the following year. Died on 19 November 1917 in Queens Park Brighton. Commemorated by the CWGC.