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NAME:                      Balmer, Wiliiam
RANK:                      Chief Stoker
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Bulwark
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         149705
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed 26th November 1914 when ship exploded
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 11th September 1867 at Dumfrieshire.
                           Husband of Mary Jane Balmer of 49 Blackfriars Road, Southsea, Portsmouth (1911).
                           In RN war graves roll address of wife is 34 Albert Road, Wellingborough, Northants.