B.II.5 Harry RACKLEY. Seaman (Brixham) 3128 Royal Naval Reserve on HMS Europa. Born 10 August 1884 at Brixham, Devon to George and Annie. 1891 residing with his parents and siblings at 6 Holland Court, Briham, Devon. 1901 residing with his widowed father and siblings at 15 Middle Street, Brixham. On the 20 August 1905 he married Polly Clatworthy. 1911 residing with his family at 27 King Street, Brixham, occupation, fisherman. His Naval record show he enrolled into the Royal Navy on the 1 April 1905 at Brixham. He received travelling expenses to training from 28 January 1910 to 20 August 1914. He enlisted into the navy on the 31 March 1915 on HMS Swiftsure. Died a few months later in a Naval Hospital Hospital, Bighi, Malta 22 July 1915 aged 31 years from enteric fever. His widow Polly of 27 King Street, Brixham, Devon was informed of his death.
Photographed credited to a family tree on Ancestry.
James GREGORY. Private 4304, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Born 10 March 1882, baptised 21 April 1882 at Salford, resided at Pendleton, Lancashire to Samuel and Jane Gregory, Fernley. 1891 resided with his parents and siblings at 65 Redland Street, Greengate, Lancashire. 10 January 1903 at Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire to Elizabeth Ellen Whipday. 1911 residing with his wife Elizabeth Ellen, nee Whipday and his children at 33 Lytham Street, Pendleton, Salford, occupation general labourer. Died of wounds in a military hospital in Malta 19 July 1915 from wounds received in action at Gallipoli. His widow was granted a war gratuity on the 1 September 1919. His widow remarried to Charles Inkerman Clatworthy. On the 11 November 1921 she received a war gratuity. She passed away in 1934 in New Zealand.
Walter PAULL. (Birth surname PAUL) Able Seaman J2379 Royal Navy on HMS Europa. Born 6 February 1891 at Beaminster, Dorset to George and Emma Ellen Paull nee Pile. 1891 aged 2 months residing with his parents and siblings at Hill Farm, Netherbury, Dorset. 1901 residing with his parents and siblings at Ingrams Land, Netherbury, Dorset. Enlisted 6 August 1908 on HMS Ganges as Boy 2nd ClassII, civilian occupation, dairy boy on a farm. At the age of 18 he engaged for a period of 12 years on the 6 February 1909. Died of dysentry in St George Hospital, Valletta Malta on the 23 July 1915. His mother Emma of Mill Lane, Symondsbury, nr Bridport, Dorset was informed of his death.
All at rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta Plot B Row II. Grave 5.
