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A Deck Hand with H.M. Armed Fishing Smack Ivanhoe, George died on 9th of January 1919 at the age of 18. 

George is believed to have been born at Lowestoft on 12 January 1901, a son of Agnes Emily Brown. In 1901 George, and his mother, lodged at 36 Arnold Street. During 1904 George’s mother married Benjamin Norman. On 11 October 1904 he became a pupil at Cunningham School and his family lived at 9 Wellington Road. He left Cunningham School on 15 June 1910 as his family had moved into Lowestoft. In 1911 his family lived at 32 Haward Street. 

A Mate with H.M. Armed Fishing Smack Ivanhoe, Benjamin died on 9th of January 1919 at the age of 26. 

It is believed that Benjamin was born at Lowestoft in 1892, a son of Henry and Emily Robinson. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 12 February 1892, and his family lived at 20 Alma Road. Benjamin’s father died in 1894 and in 1901 his family lived at Laundry Lane. In 1911 Benjamin lived with his sister Nellie Wood, and her husband William, at 4 Mummery’s Buildings, Saint Peter’s Street, and Benjamin was a fisherman. Later his sister lived at 4 Princes Road.  

A Skipper with H.M. Armed Fishing Smack Ivanhoe, John died on 9th of January 1919 at the age of 46. 

John was born at Lowestoft on 11 February 1872, a son of John James and Anne Tucker. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 4 September 1881 and his family lived at 2 Mill Road. By 1891 they were living at 6 Waveney Terrace, Whapload Road. Later his parents lived at 92 Clapham Road.

A Mate with H.M. Drifter True Reward, George died on 30th of August 1917 at the age of 51. 

George was born at Barnby in 1865, a son of John and Eliza Bryant. In 1871 his family lived at Beccles Road, Barnby. In 1881 he was the cook on the trawler ‘James William’ of Lowestoft.  

In the later 1880s George worked as a trimmer for the P and O Line and he worked on the liner Ocean Queen before, in 1889, joining the liner Servia.

An Able Seaman with HMS Eaglet, Benjamin died on 9th of November 1918 at aged 29. 

Benjamin was born at Langley, Norfolk, on 28 November 1888, a son of Jane Blake. In 1891 he lived at Langley with his grandparents Benjamin and Frances Blake. His mother married Stephen Grimson and in 1901 Benjamin lived with them at Toft Monks, Norfolk. In 1911 Benjamin was the Fourth Hand on the trawler Boy Russell, LT 346, at Padstow.   

A Rigger with R.F.A. Hughli, William died on 26th of April 1919 at the age of 29. 

William was born at Oulton, Lowestoft, on 4 August 1888, a son of John and Adelaide Patterson. In 1891 his family lived at Commodore Road, Oulton, and by 1901 they were living at Trinity Cottages, Commodore Road, Oulton, Lowestoft. The 1911 Census shows them at 5 Trinity Cottages, while Commonwealth War Graves records give their address as 1 Trinity Cottages.