C.+ASHBY

Ashby, Christopher John, Petty Officer, 236506, HM Submarine E41, Royal Navy Born Derby, 13th February 1888 Drowned during a training exercise when submarines E4 and E41 collided with each other, 15th August 1916 aged 27 Son of John and Sarah Ann Ashby, of 15, Peach St., Derby. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire

1911 Census An Able Seaman aboard HMS Hermes, at anchor in the New Dockyard, Simonstown, South Africa


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