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Name : Albert Edward Colenutt.
Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Colenutt, of 37, Lowtherville Rd., Ventnor, Isle of Wight. (Albert and Mary Colenutt née Fleming). Born 10 March 1891 Ventnor (according to his Naval records) |
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Census Information :
1891 : Albert and Mary Colenutt, with their family including Albert Edward, are at 1 Marlboro Road, Ventnor. Albert Colenutt is a coal carman. 1901 : Albert and Mary Colenutt, with their family including Albert Edward, are at 2 Windsor Cottages, Lowtherville Road, Ventnor. Albert Colenutt is a coal carman. 1911 : Albert and Mary Colenutt, with their family including Albert Edward, are at 2 Windsor Cottages, Lowtherville Road, Ventnor. Albert Colenutt is a coal porter, Albert Edward is a milk carrier. |
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Service details : Stoker K/14944 Albert Edward Colenutt, H.M.S. Aboukir, Royal Navy Albert Edward Colenutt commenced his engagement with the Royal Navy on 29 April 1912 for a period of 12 years. He was described as an assistant to dairyman, 5 ft 6 in tall, with brown hair, grey eyes and a ruddy complexion. He had a wart left side of neck at back. His dates of service in various ships and shore establishments reads :
He was lost while serving with H.M.S. Aboukir on 22 Sep 1914, which was sunk by the German submarine U-9. See Wikipedia H.M.S. Aboukir (1900) Article |
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Casualty Details :
Died : 22 September 1914 aged 24 Commemorated at : Royal Naval Memorial, Portsmouth CWGC Record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Ventnor War Memorial Court Providence No 5134 Ancient Order of Foresters War Memorial County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle |
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Documents :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, October 9, 1914 Page 1 Among those returned as missing in the casualty lists published on Monday, are the names of G.H. Sporton, an able seaman on the Cressey, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. L. Fife, of Cove Cottage, and a Ventnor man, A.E. Colenutt, stoker 1st class on the Aboukir, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Colenutt, of Upper Ventnor. Page 4 DEATH COLENUTT. - On 22nd September, lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, in the North Sea, Albert Edward Colenutt, 1st class stoker, dearly-loved eldest son and twin brother to the second daughter of Albert and Mary Colenutt, of Upper Ventnor.
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Friday, October 16, 1914 Page 5 At a meeting of the Local War Relief Committee on Wednesday the Chairman (Mr. J.N. Cater, J.P.) proposed that votes of condolence be sent to Mrs. Glaire and family, Mrs. C. Colenutt, and Mr. and Mrs. J, Symmans, of Upper Ventnor, in the losses they have respectively sustained in the deaths of relatives owing to the war.
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Friday, October 23, 1914 Page 4 MR. AND MRS. ALBERT COLENUTT, of 37, Lowther Road, Upper Ventnor, desires to thank their many kind friends for sympathy expressed with them in the sad loss of their eldest son, Albert Edward, by the sinking of H.M.S. Aboukir.
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Friday, September 22, 1916 Page 5 IN MEMORIAM COLENUTT. - In loving memory of Stoker Albert Edward Colenutt, lost on H.M.S. Aboukir, Sept. 22nd, 1914. - From his loving father, mother, sisters and brothers. "Asleep in the Deep."
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Friday, September 20, 1918 Page 2 IN MEMORIAM COLENUTT. - In memory of Albert Edward, 1st class stoker, son of Alfred and Mary Colenutt, 37, Lowther Road, Upper Ventnor, who was drowned while serving on H.M.S. Aboukir, at the commencement of the war, Sept. 22nd, 1914. - From his Mam, Dad, Sisters and Brothers. Not gone from memory, not gone from love, But gone to his Father's home above. |
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Page last updated : 22 July 2013 - thanks to Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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