Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1 George Ellis BARBER Able Seaman J/35652 (PO) George Ellis BARBER of H.M.S. "Narbrough", Royal Navy Killed in action Saturday 12th January 1918, At Sea, age 19 He was drowned on 12 January 1918 when the destroyer HMS Narborough and her sister ship HMS Opal ran aground and were wrecked at the foot of the cliffs at Hesta Rock, just north of Windwick Bay, South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands, during a violent gale and snowstorm on 12th January 1918. Only one sailor survived the wrecking, 188 were killed, most were never found.Previous Man List Of Men Next Man
Of: Hyde, Cheshire Born: 1899, Croydon, Surrey Parents: Emma Barber and George Barber of 12 Brook Street, Hyde, Cheshire Marital status: to Occupation: Cotton Spinner He enlisted in: Remembered on: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK, 29 Link with Hyde: Parents Lived in Hyde