George RUTLEDGE

GEORGE RUTLEDGE. ABLE SEAMAN 198760 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS CANOPUS BORN 29 DEC 1882 AT WEST HAM ESSEX. ENLISTED 21 APR 1898 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, ERRAND BOY. DIED 15 DEC 1902 AGED 19 OF PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA FULMINAS IN A HOSPITAL IN MALTA. HIS MOTHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 22.12.02. HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE SON OF GEORGE AND MARTH ANN NEE WACKS WHO IN 1891 WERE LIVING AT 11 CATHERINE STREET WEST HAM.

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 33 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.