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WALTER REDVUS TARBITTEN

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Rank
Ordinary Seaman
Regiment
ROYAL NAVY HMS BLANCHE
Military Number
40144
Address
83 EDGAR STREET, HULL HU3 2DG
Background

Walter Redvus Tarbitten

Walter Redvus Tarbitten

BORN HULL 06/05/1899. SON OF HENRY TARBITTEN (1864-1943) & MARIA ARTHUR (1866-1924), OF 5, FRAN'S PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL (1911); 83, EDGAR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 44, MODEL DWELLINGS, MIDLAND STREET, HULL (war pension address).

SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. THIRD OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO OLDER BROTHERS AND A YOUNGER SISTER.

HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ON 21/04/1915 AND SERVED AS AN ORDINARY SEAMAN. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT HOME, 03/11/1917, AGED 18.

HIS ELDER BROTHER, ABLE SEAMAN, WILLIAM ARTHUR TARBITTEN, LIVED AT 7 CROMWELL TERRACE, CROMWELL STREET, HULL.

HIS OTHER BROTHER, JOHN HENRY TARBITTEN, ALSO SERVED AT SEA, AT 44 MODEL BUILDINGS, MIDLAND STREET, HULL

Date Died
03/11/1917
Died
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age
18
Memorial
Chanterlands Avenue
Kingston upon Hull HU5 4AY

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