Basic Details Surname Essery Forenames A E. Gender Male Information stated on memorial War First World War (1914-1918) Served or died Died Notes 1) Officer's Steward 3rd Class L/6339 Albert Edward Essery, died on the 9th August 1917. aged 21. 2) 1914 - 1918 Cemetery Memorial tablet, shows incorrectly, his date of death (month and year only) as July 1917. Primary Service As stated on memorial Service (Primary - Stated) Navy (Royal Navy) Unit (Primary - Stated) HMS Recruit Rank / Title (Primary - Stated) Officer`s Steward Our References Service (Primary - Our reference) Royal Navy Unit (Primary - Our reference) HMS Recruit Death and Burial details Year of death 1917 Month of death July Manner of death reference Other