Every Name a Story

H.T. Draper 1914
Rank : Stoker

Hartlepool

Harry Thomas  Draper

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On the Chatham Naval Memorial is the name of 1901S Stoker Harry Thomas Draper, serving on H.M.S. Hawke with the Royal Naval Reserve who died 15/10/1914.

The son of George Draper, of 32, Faulder Road, West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. He was a native of Birmingham.

He was lost on board the H.M.S. “Hawke” when it was torpedoed in the North Sea on the 15th October 1915, by U Boat U-9, commanded by Otto Weddigen, between Peterhead and the Naze. Total 526 casualties.

Source: De Ruvigny Roll of Honour

Harry Thomas Draper is remembered at Hartlepool on H115.16, in H115.30, at West Hartlepool on W111.009 and W111.054 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Harry Thomas

Last Name: Draper

Service Number: 1901S

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 15/10/1914

Age: 27

Rank: Stoker

Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve

Served in: Navy

Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Hawke

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