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Christopher Catchpole

An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Restore. Christopher died on 12th of October 1915 at the age of 25.

Christopher was born at Kessingland on 3 October 1890, a son of James Thomas and Jane Charlotte Catchpole. In 1891 his family lived at Market Place, Kessingland, and by 1901 at Manor Cottages, Old Market, Kessingland. 

On 14 September 1914 Christopher married Ada Florence May at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Christopher was living at 194 Raglan Street, and worked as a fisherman, and Ada lived at 75 Milton Road. In 1915 they lived at 11 Arnold Street, and later Ada lived at 80 Saint Peters Street, Lowestoft.

Christopher joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 3 August 1915 and served for a time on the trawler Maud Evelyn. 

Christopher died when the drifter Restore was sunk by U-Boat gun-fire at the Otranto Straight.

His bother John died in 1916. 

Lived at

Christopher Catchpole
80
St Peters Street
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.4818272, 1.7530851

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Naval
Regiment
Royal Naval Reserve
ServiceNumber
3890ES
Burial/Memorial
United Kingdom
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
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