Deck Hand G W Boon

[chrisharley9]

Name: BOON, GEORGE WILLIAM

Initials: G W

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Deck Hand

Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve

Unit Text: H.M. Drifter "Recompense."

Age: 45

Date of Death: 28/03/1916

Service No: 5346/DA

Additional information: Husband of M. E. Boon, of Mutford, Beccles, Suffolk.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: L. D. L26.

Cemetery: HASTINGS CEMETERY (Sussex)

Once again for the Mutford War Memorial can any one please help me with any further details

All The Best

Chris

[Stephen Nulty]

The 1901 census shows one George W Boon living at Hulver Road, Mutford. He’s a Market Gardner, but his age is shown as 35, which doesn’t tally with the GWGC entry.

His wife is Elizabeth (33) (could she be “M.E.Boon referred to on CWGC) and they have children Willie (8), Lizzie (7), Surtees (3), Kate (2) and Freston (4 months).

All are shown to have been born in Mutford, where there seem to be an abundance of Boons, so I’m not sure if this is your man.

[Malcolm]

HM Drifter RECOMPENSE Port No LT509 ( Lowestoft) , Admiralty No 1419, 58 tons launched 1902, Net vessel. Requisitioned March 1915 and returned 1919.

Aye

Malcolm

[chrisharley9]

Malcolm

Many thanks for the info

Stephen

This one is a bit of a mess - the war memorial shows his date of death as 28/3/1915 & his age as 51 - so I dont know what to do other than that I got the correct G W Boon from CWGC

All The Best

Chris