Leading Stoker K/3282 George Johnson

BMD details:
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1891. Marriage not found.

Family details:
Son of William and Elizabeth Johnson, of St. Helens; husband of Margaret G. Johnson, of 23, Sunbury St., Thatto Heath, St. Helens, Lancs. Wife: Margaret, G. 9 Laburnum Street, Torre, Torquay, Devon.

Census details:
1891 - 2 years old George is living at 46 Napier street, St Helens with parents William (32), Elizabeth (27) and diblings Sarah (5), Elizabeth (5 mths). Also at the address are boarders Elizabeth Fairclough (57) and Margaret E Fairclough (17). 1901 - 13 years old 'Glass Splitters Labourer' George is living at 5 Johnson Street, Parr, St Helens with parents William (42), Elizabeth (37) and four siblings: Sarah (15), Elizabeth (10), Henry (5), Lucy (2). 1911 - Sees 19? years old George serving with the Royal Navy and based in China and East Indies.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url] [popup=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland]Wiki - Battle of Jutland[/popup]

[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/HMS_Indefaticable_zps898f7318.jpg[/pic][caption]HMS Indefatigable[/caption] HMS Indefatigable was a modern Battle Cruiser and lead ship of her class. She weighed over 22,000 tons, was armed with eight 12 inch Guns and was launched in 1909. Jutland. Part of Vice Admiral Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet, she was hit several times in the first minutes of the "Run to the South", the opening phase of the battlecruiser action. Shells from the German battlecruiser Von Der Tann caused an explosion ripping a hole in her hull, and a second explosion hurled large pieces of the ship 200 feet (60 m) in the air. The most likely cause of her loss was a deflagration or low-order explosion in 'X' magazine that blew out her bottom and severed the steering control shafts, followed by the explosion of her forward magazines from the second volley. Only two of the crew of 1,019 survived. Extract from the Official History; " Naval Operations" by Sir Julian S. Corbett. 1923 At the other end of the line the duel between the Indefatigable and the Von der Tann had been growing in intensity till, a few minutes after 4.0, the British ship was suddenly hidden in a burst of flame and smoke. A salvo of three shots had fallen on her upper deck and must have penetrated to a magazine. She staggered out of the line, sinking by the stern when another salvo struck her; a second terrible explosion rent her, she turned over and in a moment all trace of her was gone [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/K3282_George_Johnson_zpscec00515.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Plymouth Memorial bearing the name of Leading Stoker George Johnson[/caption]