Born on 7th July 1886 at Woodford, son of James (Jobbing Gardener) and Annie Shuttle. In 1890 his mother died. 1891: With his widowed father and sister Frances Lydia at 6 Fullers Row, High Road, Woodford Green. 1901: A Pupil at the Arethusa and Chichester Boys Training Ships, moored in the Thames at Greenhithe. These were for “boys of good character who wish to go to sea”. He signed on for a 12 year engagement with the Royal Navy on 7th July 1904. 1911: An Able Seaman in the Royal Navy, on the Cruiser H.M.S. “Grafton” at Portsmouth. His sister, who married Charles Judd in 1906 and had a child, remained at Stocks Cottages, 6 Fullers Row throughout in order to care for her father. He is later shown as living at 4 Elizabeth Terrace, Peel Road, South Woodford.
George Shuttle was with the Battlecruiser H.M.S. “Renown” in Scotland when he became ill, and he died as a result of heart failure.
X/R: Private Harry Shuttle MM. Corporal Harold Henry Shuttle. (Reported as Cousins.)
Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian
Sources:
Ancestry.com
“Marching Off to War”