George F Colbran

Rank: Able Seaman

Ship: HMS Bulwark

Father: Mr J Colbran

Brothers: Charles Colbran, Thomas F Colbran & J W Colbran

Brothers-in-Law: Frederick H Neville, Ernest A Neville, Albert Edward Neville, Sidney C Neville, George F Colbran, & John Henry Tidey & R J Coles

Address: Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards

Other Info: He died aged 31, along with over 750 other seamen, when HMS Bulwark exploded due to an internal explosion on 26th November 1914. He is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Panel 2. According to CWGC George was married to Minnie Kate Colbran and living at ‘Niton’, 8 Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, London.

Published: December 1914

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