George Leonard Hamshire

Rank 
Boy 1St Class
Regiment 
Royal Navy
Date of death 
13 November 1914
Age of death 
16
Address 
29 Hunter Road
Ilford
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Address source 
1911 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
United Kingdom
Biography 

George Leonard Hamshire was born in 1898 and lived all of his life in Ilford with his parents, George and Clara, and his seven brothers and sisters. During the 1911 census, George’s address was 29 Hunter Road, Ilford.

George enlisted in the Navy on 26th June 1913 and joined the crew of HMS Impregnable. The following year he was the 1st Boy on the HMS Pembroke. George died of disease on board the ship on 13th November 1914; he was 16 years old.

George was buried in St. Olaf Cemetery, Orkney. His older brother, Edward, died from wounds sustained in battle six months later on 6th June 1915.

Research by Redbridge Museum

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com