Name
Stephen Arthur Pavitt
1 January 1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/10/1914
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Stoker 1st Class
K/1010
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Hawke."
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
5
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial
Pre War
Stephen Arthur Pavitt was born in Bishop's Stortford on 1 January 1890 to Stephen and Rosetta Pavitt, and baptised on 21 January 1890 at St Michael’s, Bishop's Stortford. On the 1901 Census he was living with his family at Barrells Down Road, Bishop's Stortford. On enlistment he was working as a gardener. He married Eleanor Van Lume in early 1914 at Bishop's Stortford.
She later lived at 44 Barrells Down Road, Bishop's Stortford.
Wartime Service
He joined the Navy on 8 July 1908 for 12 years. He served on Acheron, Irresistible, Pembroke II, Royal Arthur, Cadmus, Talbot and Hawke. Stephen was killed when HMS Hawke (an Edgar class First Class Protected Cruiser) was torpedoed by the German submarine U9 off Aberdeen in the North Sea on the 15th October 1914. The torpedo hit amidships and HMS Hawke capsized within 10 minutes. The destroyer Swift and the steamer Modesta picked up 71 survivors but about 500 crew were lost. His body was not recovered for burial.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
