1888
birth
Rickham, Devon
United Kingdom
Source:8525183
Source:8525171
11th December 1888
1890
sibling
James Balsdon
Source:8525173
1890
1891
location
Rickham Station
United Kingdom
parents address
Source:8525173
April 1891
1901
education
School taught sons and grandsons of seafarers, focusing on navigational skills and mathematics. Pupils were obliged to join the Royal or Merchant Navy
Greenwich Royal Hospital School
Greenwich, Kent
United Kingdom
Source:8525171
March 1901
1906
enlistment
Devonport
United Kingdom
Source:6310190
29th August 1906
1906
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 2nd Class
310639
Vivid II
Source:6310190
29th August 1906 - 9th March 1907
1907
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 2nd Class
310639
Powerful
Source:6310190
10th March 1907 - 31st May 1907
1907
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Powerful
Source:6310190
1st June 1907 - 18th April 1908
1908
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Challenger
Source:6310190
19th April 1908 - 8th June 1908
1908
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Powerful
Source:6310190
9th June 1908 - 11th October 1908
1908
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Gibraltar
Source:6310190
12th October 1908 - 9th December 1908
1908
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Vivid II
Source:6310190
10th December 1908 - 22nd January 1909
1909
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Leander
Source:6310190
23rd January 1909 - 23rd November 1909
1909
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Vivid
Source:6310190
24th November 1909 - 20th December 1909
1909
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Defiance
Source:6310190
21st December 1909 - 21st April 1910
1910
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Vivid II
Source:6310190
22nd April 1910 - 14th June 1912
1911
employment
Stoker
Source:8525170
April 1911
1912
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Thunderer
Source:6310190
15th June 1912 - 12th September 1913
1913
marriage
Winifred Ethel Turner
Source:8525175
1913
1913
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Vivid I
Source:6310190
13th September 1913 - 3rd October 1913
1913
service
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
310639
Indus
Source:6310190
4th October 1913 - 4th February 1914
1914
service
Royal Navy
Leading Stoker
310639
Indus
Source:6310190
5th February 1914 - 13th February 1914
1914
service
Royal Navy
Leading Stoker
310639
Vivid II
Source:6310190
14th February 1914 - 30th March 1914
1914
service
Royal Navy
Acting Petty Officer Stoker
310639
Vivid II
Source:6310190
31st March 1914 - 2nd April 1914
1914
service
Royal Navy
Acting Petty Officer Stoker
310639
Nottingham
Source:6310190
3rd April 1914 - 9th February 1915
1915
service
Royal Navy
Acting Petty Officer Stoker
310639
Vivid II
Source:6310190
10th February 1915 - 30th March 1915
1915
service
Royal Navy
Petty Officer Stoker
310639
Vivid (M30)
Source:6310190
31st March 1915 - 15th July 1915
1915
service
Royal Navy
Petty Officer Stoker
310639
Europa II
Source:6310190
16th July 1915 - 14th August 1915
1915
service
Royal Navy
Petty Officer Stoker
310639
Source:8525179
August 1915
service
Royal Navy
310639
Source:6310190
1915
death
Not War Related
Addison's Disease
At Sea
United Kingdom
Source:8525179
Source:6310190
Source:8525207
14th August 1915
burial
Plymouth Naval Memorial
CWGC Cemetery/Memorial
Plymouth
At Sea
United Kingdom
Source:8525179
Source:8525207