Walter SHATTOCK

WALTER SHATTOCK. STOKER 282890 ROYAL NAVY ON A ROYAL NAVY ON HMS ORION BORN 7 DEC 1860 AT TAUNTON SOMERSET. ENLISTED 29 JUL 1896. DIED ON A TORPOEDO BOAT 2 JUN 1902 AGED 36 OF DROWNING, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. FELL OVERBOARD WHILE PROCEEDING FROM THE SHORE TO HIS SHIP. PRIOR TO HIS ENLISTMENT INTO THE ROYAL NAVY HE WAS SERVING WITH THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY No PLY/2998(1) ENLISTED ON THE 7 JUL 1884. HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE SON OF JOHN AND MARTHA. MRS J MOORE 10 MURRAY RD, BEDMINSTER, BRISTOL WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 19.7.02.

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 15 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.