BOURNE Benjamin

[granataz]

Benjamin Born - Mar 1874

Can anyone please help with death date/marriage  or any other info - believed to be Petty Officer in Royal Navy ?

Family gossip believes he drowned whilst on maneuvers in North Sea ??  - is there any chance of confirming this ....

help please .........

[celia]

We will need more information to help you, Bourne Benjamin is a unusual name. who did he marry? when was he believed lost at sea?

Celia

[Valda]

You can order his service record electronically from The National Archives

Description Name  Bourne, Benjamin
Official Number:  154237
Place of Birth:  Ealing, Hampshire
 
Date 02 March 1874
Catalogue reference ADM 188/223 
Dept Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Series Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services
Piece 154001 - 154500

and possibly

Description Name  Bourne, Benjamin
Service Number(s):  PO/154237, RFR/A/4177
Rank or Rating:  Acting Petty Officer, Navy Rating Leading Btmn Able Seaman 
Date of Birth:  1870-1900
 
Date 1914-1919
Catalogue reference ADM 339/1 
Dept Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Series Admiralty and War Office: Royal Naval Division: Records of Service (Microfiche Copies)
Piece Ratings/other ranks

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch

Regards

Valda