Ordinary Signalman J/58230 Herbert John Powell
Regiment/Unit: Royal Navy - H.M.Torpedo Boat No. 90
Theatre of War: At Sea
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 25th of April 1918
Born: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial - 29.
Family details:
Son of Herbert and Alice Powell, of 55, Waterdale Crescent, Sutton, St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1901 - 2 years old Herbert John is living at 79 Waterdale Crescent, Sutton, St Helens with parents Herbert (32), Alice (27) and two siblings: Mary (4), Percy (4 Months). 1911 - Sees 12 years old Herbert J livig at 79 Waterdale Crescent, Sutton, St Helens with parents Herbert (42), Alice (37) and four siblings: Mary (14), Percy (10), Edwin Percy (10), Doris Margaret Annie (8), Hubert James (4). The family are transcribed as PONELL in the 1911 census.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]
H.M.S. T.B. 90 was one of 10 first-class torpedo boats of the 140 Footer class.
Launched in 1895 and weighing 130 Tons, she was armed with 3 x 3 pdr guns and Torpedo Tubes: 3 x 14 in.
In 1914 she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet - Gibraltar.
On the 25 April 1918 she Capsized during heavy weather, in the Straits of Gibraltar.
[center][pic2 width=300]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Powell_Herbert_John_zps5b1c0454.jpg[/pic2][/center][caption]The panel on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial bearing
the name of Ordinary Signalman Herbert John Powell[/caption]
