George Utting Hart

An Able Seaman with H.M.S. Copra, George died on 8th of October 1947 aged 34. 

George was born at Kessingland on 17 September 1913, a son of George Ernest and Elizabeth Margaret Hart. He was baptised at Saint Edmund’s Church, Kessingland, on 16 November 1913 and his family lived at Davy’s Cottages, The Beach, Kessingland. In 1939 his family were living at 64 Crown Street and George was a fisherman and a member of the naval reserve. 

In 1939 George married Ellen May Tapsell, this was registered in the Lothingland district. By 1947 their home was at 10 Marham Road.

Although George has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone, it seems that he had been discharged from the navy before he died. 

H.M.S. Copra was the Royal Navy shore base responsible for administration of pay and records of personnel serving with the various combined operations units.