- Extended Description
- JOHN KEEP. 2ND YEOMANRY (SIGNALS) 190976 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS REKNOWN, DIED ON HMS HIBERNIA. BORN 18 FEB 1881 AT MILTON KENT. ENLISTED AS BOY 2ND CLASS 14 OCTOBER 1896 ON HMS IMPREGNABLE. OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT SEAMAN ON HMS WARSPITE (No record found his time on Warspite)
1901 ON HMS RENOWN MOORED TO No 3 AND 3H BUOYS IN MALTA GRAND HARBOUR. (SHIP’S NAME RECORDED AS RENOWN IN 1901 CENSUS) DIED 30 DEC 1902 AGE 21 OF ENTERIC FEVER IN BIGHI HOSPITAL IN MALTA HIS AUNT WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 5.1.03.
AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 35 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.
