WILLIAM GEORGE HOOK. ORDINARY SEAMAN 207356 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS HERIMONE BORN 6 NOV 1883 AT ST PAUL'S BRISTOL GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ENLISTED 22 NOV 1899 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT STILL AT SCHOOL. DIED 6 NOV 1902 AGED 18 OF GUNSHOT WOUND. ACCIDENTALLY ON THE RIFLE RANGE WHILE CARRYING OUT SKIRMISHING WITHOUT AMMUNITION. WAS SHOT BY ONE OF A SQUAD CARRYING OUT SAME EXERCISE WITH BALL AMMUNITION. THERE WAS A COURT OF ENQUIRY HELD INTO THE DEATH OF HOOK AND A COURT MARTIAL ON A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WHO ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED RIFLE. HOOK WAS BAPTISED ON THE 24 NOV 1882 AT ST MATTIAS CHURCH BRISTOL GLOUCESTER, PARENTS GEORGE AND MARIA HOOK. HIS FATHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 7.11.02. AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 29
WILLIAM GEORGE HOOK. ORDINARY SEAMAN 207356 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS HERIMONE BORN 6 NOV 1883 AT ST PAUL'S BRISTOL GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ENLISTED 22 NOV 1899 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT STILL AT SCHOOL. DIED 6 NOV 1902 AGED 18 OF GUNSHOT WOUND. ACCIDENTALLY ON THE RIFLE RANGE WHILE CARRYING OUT SKIRMISHING WITHOUT AMMUNITION. WAS SHOT BY ONE OF A SQUAD CARRYING OUT SAME EXERCISE WITH BALL AMMUNITION. THERE WAS A COURT OF ENQUIRY HELD INTO THE DEATH OF HOOK AND A COURT MARTIAL ON A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WHO ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED RIFLE. HOOK WAS BAPTISED ON THE 24 NOV 1882 AT ST MATTIAS CHURCH BRISTOL GLOUCESTER, PARENTS GEORGE AND MARIA HOOK. HIS FATHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 7.11.02. AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 29
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