Stoker 1st Class Edwin James EARLE
| Died on: | 12 March 1917 |
| Aged: | 21 |
Edwin James Earle was born on 5 November 1895 at Paddington, London, the son of John and Sarah Earle. John died in 1897 with Sarah marrying again to Robert Wallace. He was baptised at St Paul's church, Paddington on 19 January 1896. The family later moved to Harwood Street, St Pancras, where Edwin worked as a messenger and then a pork butcher's assistant.
He entered the Royal Navy on 24 November 1913 as a Stoker 2nd Class, rising to 1st Class on 5 November 1914 when serving in the light cruiser HMS LOWESTOFT. He entered the submarine service at HMS DOLPHIN in April 1916.
He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial panel 23.
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