PAGET Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    PAGET
  • Service Number:
    PO15861
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Marines
  • Naval Division:
    Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • Ship:
    HMS Bulwark
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th November 1914
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent, England, Grave Naval. 20. 1033.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Samuel and Ann Paget of Woodbine Cottage, Hanley Swan, Worcester

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PAGET Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Hanley Castle St Mary’s Church

Further Information About PAGET Frederick

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.

Further information from:
http://www.holybourne.com/about/HMS%20Bulwark.pdf

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

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Credits: Researched by Brian Hill. HMS Bulwark researched by Sandra Taylor.