Name
Robert Henry Willis
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/05/1916
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
SS/2307
Royal Navy
H.M.S. “Queen Mary”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM MEMORIAL SYNAGOGUE BURIAL GROUND
16.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Newsells Memorial Stone
Pre War
Born on 13 Apr 1889 in Hempstead, Essex son of Robert Henry and Mary Ann Willis who were living in Hempstead in 1891 and later in Hundon Road, Stoke by Clare, Suffolk.
Wartime Service
Killed in action against German fleet in the North Sea (Battle of Jutland). H.M.S. Queen Mary participated in the largest fleet action of the war, the Battle of Jutland in mid 1916. She was hit twice by the German battlecruiser Derfflinger during the early part of the battle and her magazines exploded shortly afterwards, sinking the ship with the loss of 1266 men. Eighteen men survived.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
