F.+W.+BROCKWAY

Brockway, Francis William, Leading Telegraphist, J23493, HMS Narborough, Royal Navy Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal Died 12th January 1918 Aged 20 Son of Joseph Watson Brockway and Harriet E. Brockway, of Lowes Hill, Ripley, Derby. Born at Portsmouth Buried in Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney Islands, B, 156

His service record states he was born on the 28th August 1897

From Wikipedia: **HMS** //**Narborough**//  was an M class destroyer launched in 1916. On 12 January 1918, she and her sister ship HMS //Opal//  were wrecked on the Pentland Skerries after running aground. Only one sailor survived, 188 were killed. Most of the casualties were never found and are commemorated on the Portsmouth Memorial.

1911 Census: Francis William Brockway was aged 13, boarding at the Greenwich Royal Hospital School for Sons of Seamen, Kent