Samuel DOCHERTY

SAMUEL DOCHERTY. ORDINARY SEAMAN SS865 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS IRRESTISTIBLE BORN 9 JAN 1882 AT BUCKWORTH NORTHUMBERLAND. ENLISTED 4 NOV 1904 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, MINER. DIED 14 APR 1905 AGED 23 OF SEPTICAEMIA, MIDDLE EAR DISEASE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL MALTA. HIS SISTER MRS E SPORAT WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 25.4.05, LETTER RETURNED. HIS FATHER WAS THEN INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 2.5.05.
AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 100 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.