George William OGBORNE

GEORGE WILLIAM OGBORNE. ORDINARY SEAMAN 204720 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS IMPLACABLE BORN 8 MAR 1884 AT GLOUCESTER CITY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ENLISTED 27 JUN 1899 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, LABOURER. DIED 26 JUN 1903 AGED 19 AT THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL MALTA OF FRACTURE OF SPINE. FELL FROM A HORIZONTAL BAR ON TO HIS HEAD WHILE PRACTISING GYMNASTICS. IN 1901 HE WAS AT KEYHAM DOCKYARD DEVONPORT WITH THE ROYAL NAVY ON HMS BENOW. HIS SISTER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 6.7.03.

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 51 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.