Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation4. Arthur Albert Howe BLABER1 was born on 2 February 1883 in Sittingbourne, Kent, England.1,59,60,61,62,63,64 Father unknown. Probably Henry James Howe. He was christened on 8 December 1883 in Milton, Gravesend, Kent, England.65 He lived at 3 The Square, Petticoat Lane in Chalk, Kent, England in 1891.15,48 In 1901 Arthur was a Carter on Farm.19 He lived at 4 Chalk Street in Chalk, Kent, England in 1901.19 He served in the Royal Navy from 3 February 1902 to 20 May 1919.63 Archive Reference: ADM 188/486/299883. Arthur's Service Number was 299883. He served on the following vessels: Pembroke II (12 separate periods); Sans Pareil; Resolution; Swiftsure; Talbot; Minerva; Lord Nelson; St George; Bulwark; Pelorus; Perseus; Actacon; Victory IV; Victory IX; Iactolus (Gaddesden); Synner (Gaddesden) and Hawkins. He was wounded in action in the Dardenelles ("Hook" Battalion). Arthur Albert Howe BLABER and Elizabeth GRIGG were married in 1915 in Gravesend, Kent, England.68,69 Their marriage appears twice in the GRO Marriage index - once under Arthur A BLABER and once under Arthur A HOWE. The index reference is identical for both. They68,69 lived at 'Minerva', Durham Road in Gillingham, Kent, England in 1939.64 They64 lived at 45 Durham Road in Rainham, Kent, England in 1955.67 It is likely, with the various boundary changes and addition of house numbers, that this is the same address they were living at in 1939. |