Leonard – Stageman – Great Eastern Railway – Ordinary Seaman – 10/06/1918
Title
Leonard – Stageman – Great Eastern Railway – Ordinary Seaman – 10/06/1918
Initials / forenames
Leonard
Surname
Stageman
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
Military rank
Ordinary Seaman
Military number
Bristol/Z/6247
Railway department
Norwich
Railway job
Engine Cleaner
Ship
SS Borg
Date died
10/06/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, Septmber 1918, p186
Memorial
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 19, the son of Simeon and Anne Stageman of Gresham, Norwich. Worked for the GER as an engine cleaner for 12 months before enlisting in July 1917. Drowned at sea when his cargo shop was torpedoed 20 nautical miles off the Cornish coast by the German submarine UB-103.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Wikipedia List of Shipwrecks June 1918
Date entered
03/10/2016
Last updated
03/10/2016
Citation
“Leonard – Stageman – Great Eastern Railway – Ordinary Seaman – 10/06/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/45362.