WEAVER James

  • First Name(s):
    James 
  • Surname:
    WEAVER
  • Service Number:
    K9255
  • Rank:

    Stoker 1st Class

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Indefatigable
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st May 1916
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Battle of Jutland, North Sea
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 16.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Hannah Weaver, of SH, 3 Court, Cromwell St., Kates Hill, Dudley, and the late William Weaver

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WEAVER James Is Named On These Memorials

Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial
Dudley War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial with the additional information: Stoker

Further Information About WEAVER James

HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser commissioned in February 1911. On 31st May 1916 she engaged with the German battlecruiser Von der Tann at the Battle of Jutland. She was hit by several shells fired from the German ship causing two major explosions. The ship sank rapidly taking 1,015 men with her, only 2 of her crew members surviving the attack

James Weaver has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Jade Gandy and John Hale. HMS Indefatigable information researched by Sandra Taylor.