BOSLEY Reginald

  • First Name(s):
    Reginald 
  • Surname:
    BOSLEY
  • Service Number:
    SS4269
  • Rank:

    Ordinary Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Bulwark
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th November 1914
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Penarth, Carnarvon on 23rd September 1892
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Herbert and Annie Elizabeth Bosley, of Heath Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcester

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BOSLEY Reginald Is Named On These Memorials

Broadheath Christ Church WW1 War Memorial
Broadheath Village Hall WW1 Roll of Honour

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Broadheath Christ Church WW1 Memorial with the additional information: O.S. HMS “Bulwark” 1914

Further Information About BOSLEY Reginald

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for navy casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

HMS Bulwark was commissioned in 1907 and became the flagship to the Home Fleet. At the outbreak of World War 1 she was used for Channel Patrol duty. On 26th November 1914 she was moored at Sheerness. Ammunition had recently been loaded onto the ship and stored in the corridors between the magazines. One or some of the shells is believed to have ignited and caused a chain reaction resulting in a massive explosion. When the smoke cleared, all trace of the ship was gone with the loss of over 700 men.

http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/bulwark.htm

An eye witness account of the disaster can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 28th November 1914.

A Memorial Service for The Men of Worcester and the Neighbourhood who have laid down their lives in the war was held in Worcester Cathedral on All Saints Day, 1916 at 7.30pm. Reginald Bosley, HMS Bulwark, is listed on the Roll of Honour in the service booklet under Royal Navy.

Reginald Bosley has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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