Navy
Turk, George Thomas
George Thomas Turk
Rank: Signalman
Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Seafire
Wife: Elizabeth Turk
Father: James H Turk
Brother in Law: Albert V Crowhurst
Address: 67 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: George Thomas died aged 27 on 17th August 1921. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Additional name information from the Hastings & Rother Family History website. The inscription on his grave says “Gone but not forgotten. From his sorrowing wife and children”.
Published: December 1914
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Probably the George Turk, aged 6, born Hastings, living with parents at 1 New Cottages, East Hill Place, Hastings, in the 1901 census. Father James H. Turk was a fisherman. He had four siblings. The family was at the same address in the 1911 census, when George was a newsagent. The family of seven lived in a 4-roomed house.
George T. Turk married Elizabeth Hodd, of an old Hastings family, in late 1916 or early 1917 at Hastings. They had two daughters, Daisy and Florence, both born in Hastings. His widow was the 59-year old who, of 264 Old London Road, Hastings, died at St Helen’s Hospital, and whose funeral was written up in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer (19 January 1952).
Thanks Stephen, that info has enabled me to connect the dots with one of the existing records. I’ve updated it accordingly. Kind Regards, Kieron.