Edward (Edwin) MERRICK

EDWIN MERRICK. STOKER 295193 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS VICTORIOUS BORN 28 FEB 1881 AT BIDENHAM HEREFORDSHIRE, SON OF JOHN AND ELIZA NEE WILLIAMS. ENLISTED 25 APR 1900 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT GROOM. DIED 2 JUN 1902 AGE 32 DROWNING BY THE CAPSIZING OF A DOGHOUSE WHILE RETURNING TO SHIP FROM LEAVE. (Doghouse. A light structure above the deck and (usually) abaft the coach roof forming a shelter for the helmsman and navigator) HIS MOTHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 9.6.02.
N.B. HIS NAVAL RECORD SHOWS EDWIN MERRICK

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 16 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.