Memorial: M1818

Headstone at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Bruce Drayner, RN d. 1914

Location

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Transcript

‘In / loving memory / of / JAMES Wm DRAYNER / died May 6th 1916 aged 79 / also / CHARLOTTE wife of the above / died August 9th 1911 aged 68 / also / EDWARD eldest son of the above / died Dec 30th 1886 aged 20 / also ALFRED son of the above / died Oct 10th 1890 aged 22 / also / BRUCE youngest son of the above / who perished in H.M.S. HOGUE / Sept 22nd 1914 aged 32 / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: N662
Artists: Prebble & Spain
Vessel: HMS ‘Hogue'

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Drayner, Bruce
Age: 32
Date of Death: 22/9/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Hogue' sunk by 'U9' in North Sea 22/9/1914

Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 58 no. N662. (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1985).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters