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NAME:                      Burchell, William Thomas Hays (or Hayes)
RANK:                      Gunner
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Good Hope
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         (formerly 219942)
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 1st November 1914 when ship sunk
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 2th October 1886 at Portsmouth, Hants. Joined navy 17th March 1902.
                           Became an officer 17th October 1914.
                           Son of William George & Anna Matilda Burchell of 33 Kingston Road, Buckland, Portsmouth (1911).
                           Husband of Mabel Annie Burchell of 47 New Road, Buckland, Portsmouth (1911).
                           Married 26th December 1907 at Holy Trinity Church, Weymouth, Dorset.
                           She remarried 2nd July 1916 and became Attwood living 14 Rosewall Street, Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia (pension card)