THOMAS FISHER Born 7th October 1876 Lived Rough Common Royal Navy Stoker 2nd class HMS Pembroke (Shore Base Chatham Dockyard) K32088 Died 7th October 1916 Age 39 Buried New Cemetery, Gillingham Kent His Story This man has been very difficult to identify but when we found him he brought together a lot of other Harbledown stories. He was living in Rough Common with his sister-in-law, Harriet Francis Brockman and her 2 small children at the 1911 census. There are 3 Brockman brothers who were killed in WW2 and commemorated on Harbledown War Memorial. His sister, Mrs Richards also lived in Rough Common and there is a William Richards who was also a Royal Navy Stoker. William Richards can be found in the 1911 census boarding at 2, St Peters Place with William Streeting who also died in WW1 and is buried in St Michael’s churchyard. HMS Pembroke was a shore base and I have no records of his service or details of his illness before he died. WILLIAM HASTE Born Lived Son of Enlisted Private Regiment) Died Age Commemorated
THOMAS FISHER Born 7th October 1876 Lived Rough Common Royal Navy Stoker 2nd class HMS Pembroke (Shore Base Chatham Dockyard) K32088 Died 7th October 1916 Age 39 Buried New Cemetery, Gillingham Kent His Story This man has been very difficult to identify but when we found him he brought together a lot of other Harbledown stories. He was living in Rough Common with his sister-in-law, Harriet Francis Brockman and her 2 small children at the 1911 census. There are 3 Brockman brothers who were killed in WW2 and commemorated on Harbledown War Memorial. His sister, Mrs Richards also lived in Rough Common and there is a William Richards who was also a Royal Navy Stoker. William Richards can be found in the 1911 census boarding at 2, St Peters Place with William Streeting who also died in WW1 and is buried in St Michael’s churchyard. HMS Pembroke was a shore base and I have no records of his service or details of his illness before he died. WILLIAM HASTE Born Lived Son of Enlisted Private Regiment) Died Age Commemorated
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