Edward George Gamble

A Fisherman with Trawler Ivy (Lowestoft), Edward died on 17th of December 1914 at the age of 23. 

Edward was born at Lowestoft on 15 June 1891, a son of Francis (Frank) Robert and Clara Elizabeth Gamble. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church on 10 July 1891 and his family lived at 19 Stanford Street, Lowestoft.

Edward attended Saint Andrews School and, from 14 February 1899 he was a pupil at Saint John's School, before, on 25 February 1901, becoming a pupil at Saint Margaret's School. 

By 1901 his family lived at 306 Raglan Street and in 1911 they were living at 306 Raglan Street and Edward was working as a fisherman.

Edward served as Fisherman on the Ivy. An eye-witness, the Skipper of the trawler Sis, saw the Ivy about 52 miles east by north of Lowestoft when an explosion was heard and the smack was enveloped in smoke. The Sis sailed to the spot, but no wreckage was found, nor any sign of the five crew. It was supposed that the Ivy had struck a mine. 

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Three of Edward's brothers served in the Navy during World War One.

Edward's brother in law, George Jackson, served in the Royal Naval Reserve and died in 1919.