See also

Charley Pedder (1894-1916)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • sailor in the Royal Navy

  • Birth:

  • 2 Sep 1894

  • Greenwich, London, England1,2,3,4,5

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • 15 Commerell Street, Greenwich, Kent, England3

  •  

  • son as Charlie living with his parents Mathew and Emma, brothers Job and Arthur, and sisters Emma and Ethel. Born in Greenwich London

  • Military Service:

  • btw 9 Apr 1910 and 31 May 1916 (age 15-21)

  • Royal Navy as a Boy then as an Able Seaman no:J.80175

  •  

  • starting as a Boy at HMS Ganges (on the Shotley pennisular in Suffolk) becoming an Ordinary Seaman, on 2nd September 1912 when he signed up for twelve years, an Able Seaman on 24th July 1913. then a Leading Seaman on 1st November 1915.

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • HMS Berwick, Gibralter6

  •  

  • serving in the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class and of Church of England religion. Born in East Greenwich Kent

  • Death:

  • 31 May 1916 (age 21)

  • HMS Invincible, Battle of Jutland, North Sea, Denmark1,5

  •  

  • Cause: in action

    He was a leading seaman, and his name was Charley.

Individual Note

name correct according to birth index2

Sources

1.

Lisa Wellbelove (Mary Elizabeth Pedder) personal communication.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Greenwich 1894 quarter:4 volume:1d page:1137. Cit. Date: 9 July 2017.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:542 folio:174 page:32. Cit. Date: 25 January 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:2695 class:RG78 piece:92 registration district:28 sub-district:5 enumeration district:9 schedule:446. Cit. Date: 26 January 2020.

5.

FindMyPast British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:ADM 188/663/8017 no:J.8017. Cit. Date: 26 January 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:34972 registration district:640 sub-district:3 enumeration district:30 schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 26 January 2020.