GEORGE, Ernest F

Ernest George lived at 'Garthowen', 73 Heath Street, Stourbridge, with his parents Ernest and Nellie. He was born at Sheerness and might well have been in an old naval family. By 1915 he was Shipwright, Second Class, at H.M.S. Pembroke, the shore base of the Royal Navy at Chatham. It is possible that as his rank indicates he worked in the dockyard. He seems to have suffered from illness or wounds as he spent some time in the RN Hospital at Windmill Hill, Gillingham, where he died on 12th July 1915. He is buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery and commemorated on the Stourbridge Memorial.