Edward William Capps Jenner

A Boy 1st Class with H.M.S. Formidable, Edward died on 1st of January 1915 at the age of 17. 

Edward was born at Lowestoft on 8 April 1897, a son of Robert Capps Jenner and Elsie Capps Jenner. He was baptised at Christchurch, Lowestoft, on 14 November 1897 and his family lived at 25 Spurgeon's Score. By 1911 they were living at 12 Spurgeon Score, and Edward was a fish merchant's errand boy.

Edward joined the Royal Navy, as a Boy 2nd Class, on 28 February 1914. On 6 June 1914 he joined H.M.S. Formidable.  

On 1 January 1915 the Formidable was struck by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-24 when about 37 miles off the Devon coast. The Captain attempted to bring the ship closer to shore but a second torpedo, from U-24, hit the ship. Around 550 men were killed.

See: HMS Formidable (burtonbradstock.org.uk)

Edward was serving on board the Formidable when it was sunk by a German submarine. Edward got into one of the ship's boats but when the boat was landed at Lyme Regis he had already died. 

Note: in some sources Edward's surname is given as Capps or Capps-Jenner, however his service details give his surname as Jenner.