Navy
Belsey, Robert Harry
Robert (Bob) Harry Belsey
Ship: HMS Britannia
Parents: Mr Edward & Mrs Edith Belsey, late of All Saints Street, Hastings
Sent by: Mr C Merryweather, late master of the Hastings Workhouse
Brothers Edward J Belsey, Alfred William Belsey & John Robert Belsey
Born 12 Sandown Cottages, Hastings
1896, Death of mother
1899, Death of father in Union Workhouse, Ore
1911, Dr Barnardo’s Home, Stepney Causeway, Tower Hamlets, London
1914, Jul 31 Joined Royal Portsmouth, Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II
1915, Aug 5 Stoker 1st Class, HMS Britannia
1921, Jun Married Ethel May Hubbard of Camberwell in Hastings
1925, Mar 5 Acting Leading Stoker, HMS Argus
1926, Mar 5 Leading Stoker, HMS Vernon
1928, Mar 5 Left Navy
1939, Sep 29 Does not appear on the War Census, had he joined up again, no record
1967, Mar 25 Died Catford, London
Additional information with thanks to Ian Mantel
Published: October 1916
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