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WORDEN, William Lewis
William Lewis WORDEN was born in 1883 at Buckland Monachorum, Devon, his
birth being registered in the December Q of that year (Tavistock
Registration District).
1891 census : Aged 7, living with his parents, Thomas and Harriett, in
Buckland Monachorum, with siblings John. Thomas, Henry and Emmanuel. His
father was an agricultural labourer, his mother a general domestic
servant.
1901 census: Aged 17 on board HMS Impregnable, Training Ship for Boys,
at Hamoaze, Devonport.
1911 census: Aged 27 Able Seaman on board the Armoured Cruiser HMS
Devonshire at Devonport.
WW1 Royal Navy Record:
Name: Worden William Lewis
Rank: Leading Seaman
Service number: 209280
Vessel: Acanius, steamship.
Date Died: 18th August 1917 - Age 34.
How Died: Accident.
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
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