WARDEN Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    WARDEN
  • Service Number:
    J24984
  • Rank:

    Boy 1st Class

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Hawke
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th October 1914
  • Age At Death:
    16
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edwin Hyatt Warden and Martha Emma Warden, 95 Midland Rd., King’s Norton, Birmingham

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WARDEN Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Kings Norton Boys School
Kings Norton Boys School WW1 War Memorial

Further Information About WARDEN Ernest

The birth of Ernest Warden is registered in the March Quarter 1898 under the Kings Norton Registration District.

1911 Census
Mayfield, 95 Midland Rd, Kings Norton
Edwin Hyatt Warden, head, age 52, Commercial Traveller Ironmongery, born Selly Oak, Northfield
Martha Emma Warden, wife, age 50, married 19 years, 3 children, all still living, born Edgbaston, Birmingham
Edwin Arthur Warden, son, age 17, Clerk, born Birmingham
Ernest warden, son, age 13, School, born Kings Norton, Worcestershire

HMS Hawke was sailing with her sister ship HMS Theseus off Aberdeen in the North Sea when the ships came under attack from the German submarine U-9.  The submarine’s torpedo missed Theseus but hit HMS Hawke igniting a magazine.  The resulting explosion tore the ship apart and she sank within 10 minutes with the loss of her Captain, 26 officers and 497 men.  From her crew of 594 men, there were just 70 survivors.

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

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