Albert Harry Green Haylock
A Deck Hand, Albert died on 9th February 1916 at the age of 19.
Albert was born at Pakefield on 20 January 1897, a son of Harry Green and Emily Haylock. He was baptised at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft, on 3 April 1898.
In 1901 his family lived at 21 Pakefield Street, and, by 1911, they were living at 4 Lakenham Cottages, Beach Street, Pakefield.
Albert joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 11 January 1915 and joined the crew of the Drifter Persistive.
The Persistive was blown up by a mine on 9 February 1916. Seven of the crew were killed and one other severely wounded.
Albert's father, Harry, served as a Second Hand in the Royal Naval Reserve from 8 January 1915 and served on the Drifter W.A. Massey but, fortunately, was not on board when the 'W.A. Massey' was sunk in 1918.
From 1917 to 1923 Albert's parents had lived at Portland, Dorset, and his name appears on the war memorial at Portland. By mid-1923 his parents were again in the Lowestoft area, living at 5 Elmham Terrace, Oulton Broad.
The crew of the Drifter Persistive on 9 February 1916
CHAPMAN, Herbert Edward (Survived) CHURCH, David HAYLOCK, Albert Harry Green PINKNEY, FrederickPOPE, Edwin William (From Falmouth) RODWELL, John Martin SIMPSON, Alexander Kelman (From Aberdeen) WHATLING, Harry John
By the second half of 1915, the smaller, mine-laying UC-class U-boats were also adding their own mines to the mix, on an almost daily basis. On October 12, they claimed the Yarmouth drifter, Frons Olivae YH 217, off North Foreland and, a few days later, the Fraserburgh boat, Star of Buchan FR 534, just east of Isle of Wight. The following February the Kessingland-owned Persistive LT 42, was mined off Dover - CREDIT:fishingnews.co.uk
Albert Haylock
4 Lakenham Cottages
Beach Street
Pakefield
United Kingdom
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