James William Bullock

An Able Seaman with H.M.S. Phaeton., James died on 27th of September 1919 at the age of 23. 

James was born at Carlton Colville on 23 May 1897, a son of Edwin and Sarah Bullock. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, on 12 September 1897, and his family lived at Carlton Colville. By 1901 his father had died and his family lived at 2 White Horse Street, Lowestoft. By 1911 they were living at 5 Compass Street, Lowestoft, and James was a baker's errand boy. James' mother married John Moore in 1917. 

James was working as a labourer when he joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 7 January 1913. From 17 June to 27 October 1913 he served on H.M.S. Hawke. From 12 November 1913 to 18 April 1916 he served on H.M.S. Implacable and took part in the Dardanelles Campaign. He served on the destroyer H.M.S. Christopher from 19 September 1916 to 5 February 1919 and he then joined H.M.S. Phaeton and took part in the North Russia campaign of 1919. 

On 27 September the whaler from the Phaeton capsized at Bjorko (a.k.a Koivisto) and James drowned. He was buried at Koivisto General Cemetery, Finland. Note that although Koivisto was in Finland in 1919, from the late 1930s it became part of the Soviet Union, thence Russia. It is believed that all of the graves have been destroyed.