Family research into service and death of John William Harry (Jack) Beechey

• January 24, 2018 18:00:05 Thomas A. Lingner

  John William Harry Beechey
  

  "Uncle Jack"
  

  Service Number K/16587 (PO)
  

  
  

  Born August 13 1894
  

  Died June 5 aged 22 years
  

  
  

  Jack was the eldest son of William Henry and Annie
  

  Beechey (nee Appleby) of 39 South View, Grove Street,
  

  Wantage.  Jack was born in Windsor, Berkshire and on
  

  leaving school became a milkman.  He joined the Royal
  

  Navy in 1912 when he was just 18 years old, as a

  second-class stoker.  He was made first class stoker in

  October 1913.  From his service records he served on
  

  various ships including Victory II, Iron Duke, Renown,
  

  Edgar, Queen Mary, Europa and the Hampshire.
  

  
  

  He joined the Hampshire in June 1914.  We think the
  

  Hampshire was at the Battle of Jutland where it received
  

  light damage after it rammed and sunk a U-Boat.  The
  

  ship returned to Scapa Flow, East of the Orkney Islands.
  

  We have some information told by the Electrical
  

  Artificer, Fred Foxton, on HMS Caroline.  He records
  

  that they had "just returned to Scapa Flow from patrol
  

  that morning (June 5th) and told to sling hammocks.  The
  

  order was countermanded and they put to sea again with
  

  HMS Royalist and two screening destroyers, HMS
  

  Hampshire with Lord Kitchener on board left Scapa
  

  Flow for Russia.  (The rumour was that they were going
  

  to rescue the Tsar).  She went to the westward of the
  

  Orkneys and Shetlands, while HMS Caroline and HMS
  

  Royalist with there destroyers went to the eastward of the
  

  Islands.  The weather was atrocious and the
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

• January 23, 2018 20:12:19 Chris Smith

  John William Harry Beechey
  

  "Uncle Jack"
  

  Service Number K/16587 (PO)
  

  
  

  Born August 13 1894
  

  Died June 5 aged 22 years
  

  
  

  Jack was the eldest son of William Henry and Annie
  

  Beechet (nee Appleby) of 39 South View, Grove Street,
  

  Wantage.  Jack was born in Windsor, Berkshire and on
  

  leaving school became a milkman.  He joined the Royal
  

  Navy in 1912 when he was just 18 years old, as a

  second-class stoker.  He was made first class stoker in

  October 1913.  From his service records he served on
  

  various ships including Victory II, Iron Duke, Renown,
  

  Edgar, Queen Mary, Europa and the Hampshire.
  

  
  

  He joined the Hampshire in June 1914.  We think the
  

  Hampshire was at the Battle of Jutland where iit received
  

  light damage after it rammed and sunk a U-Boat.  The
  

  ship returned to Scapa Flow, East of the Orkney Islands.
  

  We have some information told by the Electrical
  

  Artificer, Fred Foxton, on HMS Caroline.  He records
  

  that they had "just returned to Scapa Flow from patrol
  

  that morning (June 5th) and told to sling hammocks.  The
  

  order was countermanded and they put to sea again with
  

  HMS Royalist and two screening destroyers, HMS
  

  Hampshire with Lord Kitchener on board left Scapa
  

  Flow for Russia.  (The rumour was that they were going
  

  to rescue the Tsar).  She went to the westward ofthe
  

  Orkneys and Shetlands, while HMS Caroline and HMS
  

  Royalist with there destroyers went to the eastward of the
  

  Islands.  The weather was atrocious and the
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• January 23, 2018 19:59:32 Chris Smith

  John William Harry Beechey
  

  "Uncle Jack"
  

  Service Number K/16587 (PO)
  

  
  

  Born August 13 1894
  

  Died June 5 aged 22 years
  

  
  

  Jack was the eldest son of William Henry and Annie
  

  Beechet (nee Appleby) of 39 South View, Grove Street,
  

  Wantage.  Jack was born in Windsor, Berkshire and on
  

  leaving school became a milkman.  He joined the Royal
  

  Navy in 1912 when he was just 18 years old, as a

  second-class stoker.  He was made first class stoker in

  October 1913.  From his service records he served on
  

  various ships including Victory II, Iron Duke, Renown,
  

  Edgar, Queen Mary, Europa and the Hampshire.
  

  
  

  He joined the Hampshire in June 1914.  We think the
  

  
  

  
  

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