See also

William Blunt (1899-1965)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Royal Navy sailor3

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1899

  • Brighton, East Sussex, England1,3,4,5

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1)

  • 35 Newmarket Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England4

  •  

  • living in three rooms with its parents Edward and Maud, half-sister Kate, sisters Mabel and Nelly, and a 2 day old unnamed child. Born in Brighton Sussex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 11)

  • 34 Lynton Street, Brighton, East Sussex, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents Edward and Caroline, sisters Mabel and Dorothy, and brothers Albert, George, and Frederick. Born in Brighton Sussex

  • Military Service:

  • frm 26 Sep 1917 to 31 Dec 1928 (age 17-29)

  • Royal Navy as no:J442306

  •  

  • being born in Brighton on 26th September 1899, 5' 0½" tall, with dark brown hair, brown eyes, a dark complexion and a small scar below left groin

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 21 yrs 9 mns)

  • 34 Lynton Street, Brighton, East Sussex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son serving as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Navy and living in five rooms with his parents Edward and Caroline, brothers George and Frederick, and sister Dorothy. Born in Brighton Sussex

  • Death:

  • Q1 1965 (age 65)

  • Brighton "Registration District", East Sussex, England2

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Brighton 1899 quarter:4 volume:2b page:203. Cit. Date: 26 February 2024.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Brighton 1965 quarter:1 volume:5h page:167. Cit. Date: 24 February 2024.

3.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece4883: registration district:79 sub district:1 enumeration district:20 schedule:272. Cit. Date: 26 February 2024.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:925 folio:120 page:7 schedule:49. Cit. Date: 26 February 2024.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:5108 class:RG78 piece:226 registration district:79 sub district:1 enumeration district:20 schedule:203. Cit. Date: 26 February 2024.

6.

FindMyPast British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:ADM 188/735/44230. Cit. Date: 28 February 2024.