Archibald Henry Brasnett

Archibald Henry Brasnett

Petty Officer stoker K/5384, born 10/10 1889 died 22/02/1919. aged 29. Served aboard H.M.S. Mallow. Buried at sea. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 32. Also in Commemorated in the parish church of all saints Runhall Norfolk. Where he had lived before his parents died. Died from disease Ptomaine poisoning = food poisoning. Son of the late Mr and Mrs F. G. Brasnett of Runhill Attleborough Norfolk. Connection to Barny, his Uncle Mr A H Brasnett Barney Guist Norfolk. Whose name was also Archibald, and was a grocer and draper. This is the address, he gave as next of kin, as his parents had died before him. He left his estate to his sister Hilda Who lived at The Limes Melton constable. £185 13 shillings and 11 pence. His parents. Fredrick George Brasnett 1854 - 1909. Millar, baker and Grocer. Laura (Glasspool) Brasnett 1857 -1895. Siblings. Muriel Alice L Brasnett 1885 – 1899 Hilda L G Brasnett 1889 – 1942 Owen Fredrick Brasnett 1891 – 1970 John Clarke (Jack) Brasnett 1892 – 1916. Hedley George Brasnett 1895 - 1989 Died while serving on H.M.S. Mallow. During WW1 the sloop was tasked primarily with minesweeping. In 1918, Mallow rescued the passengers of the French Mailboat Djemnah, including future acting Governor-General of Madagascar, Joseph Guyon, after the mailboat was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Mallow later received letters of commendation from the Admiralty and Guyon. The sloop was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919 decommissioned on 20 November 1925 and sunk as a target on 24th April 1935 off Sydney.

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