Ref ID: 5314
Name
Henry Wasson.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Memorial Notice relating to Stoker 1st Class Henry Wasson.
Life Story
Name: Henry Wasson.
Service Number: SS/103313.
Rank: Stoker 1st Class.
Battalion: H.M.S Hawke.
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Born: 30th May 1884, Ligoniel, Belfast.
Died: 15th October 1914.
Address: 33 Emerson's Row, Ligoniel, Belfast
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Henry Wasson, son of Henry and Catherine Wasson, lived with his wife Annie at 33 Emerson's Row, Ligoniel, Belfast
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The 1901 Ireland Census has Henry Living at 13 River Street, Shankill, with his mother, father, occupation, Labourer At Mill, and three brothers, William, 23 years, Department In Preparing Employment, Hugh, 19 years, Bricklayer Labourer, and Daniel, 12 years. Henrys occupation at this time is given as Worker In Spinning Mill
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The Census Of England and Wales, 1911, Enumeration Book For The Royal Navy has Stoker 1st Class Henry Wasson living within Chatham Naval Barracks
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Henry had married Annie Wasson, Nee McNally, on the 15th January 1913 within Ligoniel Roman Catholic Church. They went on to have two children, Hugh born 6th May 1913, and Catherine born 13th June 1914. Sadly Hugh died on the 20th December 1915, aged two and a half years. It's also worth mentioning that Henrys mother Catherine died on the 1st of March 1914
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Henry joined the Royal Navy on the 31st July 1906.
He served on a number of ships throughout his career, including the following: HMS Acheron, HMS Attentive, HMS Pathfinder, HMS Pembroke II, before ending on HMS Hawke. His Character throughout his service is given as Very Good.
Henry was transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserves on the 31st July 1911, however he was recalled for service on the 5th August 1914.
Henry, aged 30 years, was a Stoker 1st Class within the Royal Navy when while serving aboard HMS Hawke he Drowned, Died At Sea, his ship having been attacked and sunk by a German Submarine, U 9, in the North Sea on the 15th of October 1914
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A Naval Pensions To Widows Of Men Whose Death Is Attributable To War like Operations shows his wife Annie as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his widow Annie as claimant also.
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Henry received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
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He is Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, United Kingdom.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
