William EDMUND FRENCH

WILLIAM EDMUND FRENCH. ORDINARY SEAMAN 208930 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS EXMOUTH BORN 14 OCT 1884 AT FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE. ENLISTED 5 MAR 1900 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, GARDENER. DIED 5 JAN 1904 AGED 19 OF ENTERIC FEVER IN BIGHI HOSPITAL , MALTA. SON OF EMILY ELIZABETH, NEE HURST FRENCH. IN 1891 HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER AND SIBLINGS AT HIGH STREET HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE. HIS FATHER EDWARD WILLIAM WHO WAS A MARINER WAS AT SEA WHEN THE CENSUS WAS TAKEN. HIS FATHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH ON THE 12.1.04.

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