Name
Ely Samuel Potter
4 Jan 1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/03/1915
17
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
CH/19232
Royal Marine Light Infantry
R.M. Depot (Deal),
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War Medal
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DEAL CEMETERY
C. I. 2155.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
GONE, BUT LIVETH IN MEMORY
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Letchworth memorials, Memorial, Borough of Richmond, London,
Pre War
Eli Samuel Potter was born in Richmond, Surrey on 4 Jan 1898 (baptised 10 Jul 1898, Holy Trinity, Richmond) to Davis Jones Potter, gardener, and May Marie (nee Winslet). They were living at 34, Castle Gate, Richmond.
On the 1901 Census the family of parents, Angeline (born 1894), David (born 1895), Samuel, and May (born 1899) were living at Chapel Cottages, Park Street, Richmond.
On the 1911 Census the family of parents, Samuel and May were living at St George’s Road, Richmond.
Wartime Service
Samuel enlisted, giving his date of birth as 17 Sep 1897 (but was marked as underage on his record) in London for the Royal Marines Light Infantry on 5 Oct 1914 as Private CH/19232 (CH for Chatham) and was posted RM Depot, Deal, Kent.
He died from disease on 2 Mar 1915 and is buried in Deal, Kent.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
