Petty Officer Stoker 295206 Elijah STOPFORD
HMS Circe Royal Navy
Found drowned, Wednesday 8th December 1915, at sea, Age 33
Home address:
149 George Street West, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1882, Attercliffe Common, Yorkshire
Parents:
Sarah Stopford and John Stopford
Acre Street, Denton, Lancashire
Marital Status:
Married to Maria Stopford (née Oldham)
149 George Street West, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Petty Officer Stoker, Royal Navy
Enlisted:
-
Remembered:
Hyde Cemetery, Hyde, Cheshire, block RC2, grave 1783.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
HMS Circe was a minesweeper. At the time of Elijah’s death it was based in Scapa Flow.
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his wife: