Basic Details
Surname
Hope
Forenames
Harry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as "Late of Peterborough".

(CWGC records that Able Seaman Harry Hope, service number 219419, died on 31/5/1916 while serving aboard HMS Queen Mary, and is commemorated on Panel 13 of Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Hampshire. The War Graves Roll records that Able Seaman Harry Hope was born 18/3/1885 at Nantwich, and that his brother Albert lived at 37 Lower Harding Street in Northampton. On the 1891 census Harry had been living with his parents, James and Emma, in Northampton. When his death was announced on 16/6/1916 on page 1 of the Northampton Mercury, he was reported to have been serving in the Navy for 15 years).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
ROYAL NAVY
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Able Seaman
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
At Sea
Town of death
Battle Of Jutland
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
May
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action when ship was sunk in the Battle of Jutland
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
LATE OF PETERBOROUGH
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial