Rank: First Class Boy
Ship: HMS Hampshire
Parents: Mr Charles William & Mrs Helen Wheeler
Address: 10 Winding Street, Hastings
Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Hampshire which was sunk by a mine on 5th June 1916. Field Marshall Lord Kitchener and his staff on board and among 737 lost. According to CWGC, Charles was 16 when he died and he is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Panel 14.
Published: July 1916
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