Alonzo Joseph Corbin

A Seaman with H.M.S. Cressy. Alonzo died on 22nd of September 1914 at the age of 21. 

Alonzo was born at Lowestoft on 14 July 1893, a son of Joseph William and Charlotte Corbin. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's church on 22 January 1896 and his family lived at 20 Union Road. In 1901 his family lived at 68 Stanford Street, and by 1911 they were living at 29 Sandringham Road Lowestoft (Note his parents were often known as Joseph and Lottie).

Alonzo joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 13 February 1912. Between 15 June 1912 and October 1913 Alonzo served as a Seaman on the following trawlers: Bronliers (LT 216); Arthur William (LT 216 sic); and White Heather (LT 1013).  

On 29 March 1913 Alonzo married Maude Christina Newson at Saint Margaret's Church. Alonzo was a fisherman living at 29 Sandringham Road and Maude lived at 41 Oxford Road. Later Maude lived at 1 Clements Square, Carlton Road.

Alonzo was called out for service at the start of the First World War and in early August 1914 joined H.M.S. Cressy. 

On 28 August 1914 H.M.S. Cressy was part of the British naval force at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, but took no active part in the battle. On 22 September H.M.S. Cressy, sailing with sister ships Aboukir and Hogue, were in the Broad Fourteens area of the North Sea when each ship was sunk by torpedoes from German submarine U-9. A total of 560 men, including Alonzo, were killed in the loss of the Cressy. 

His brother Frederick died in 1917 with the loss of the trawler Dalmatian.