JOHN HERBERT PAGE

Surname: PAGE
Forename: JOHN HERBERT
Initials: J H
Date of Birth: 1886
Place of Birth: Holloway,London
Place of Birth Source: 1901 Census
Address: 1911 Census shows him on board Royal Navy ship off Portland, Dorset.
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Employment / trade: 1901 Census shows him aged 14, P.O. Telegraph messenger.
Place of work:
Family (parents and grandparents): Son of Samuel Page of 22 Leigh Road, Wimborne
Spouse Name: No record of any marriage.
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Source: 1901 Census
Naval vessels served: HMS Boscawen, Minotaur, Agincourt,Furious,Janus,Victory 1,Enchantress etc, then Europa, finally HMS Hampshire.
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Other service details: Served in the Royal Navy from approximately 1905/7 to time of death.
Other rank: Able Seaman
Other service no: 220900
Service facts: On joining the Royal Navy, he had “Blue eyes, fair complexion, Brown Hair. 5ft 3 1/2 inches” (UK Register of Seamen’s Services, www.ancestry.co.uk.)

Age at death: 30
Date of death: 05 Jun 1916
Regiment at death: Royal Navy
Battalion at death:
Rank at death: Able Seaman
Circumstances of death: On board HMS Hampshire bound for Russia when it struck a mine and sank off the Orkneys on 5/6/1916. 655 men lost, including Lord Kitchener and his staff.
Service no at death: 220900
Field of action at death:
Place of death: Off Orkney Islands.
Location of grave: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Position: 13
Other memorials: St.John’s Church, Wimborne. Town Memorial, Wimborne Minster. Plaque within Wimborne Minster
Newspaper Reference : Western Gazette for 9/6/1916 has coverage of Lord Kitchener’s death, but no coverage of John Page’s death.

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