Name
Eric George Fitzjohn
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/02/1919
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Leading Seaman
231743
Royal Navy
H.M.S. “Commonwealth”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERTFORD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
NE Quarter. Plot 2. Row 7. Grave 26
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Christchurch Memorial, Ware
Ware Town Memorial
Pre War
Born in 9 Nov 1886 in Hertford and baptised on 3 Aug 1887 son of Joseph and Ellen Fitzjohn and living in 83b St Andrews Street, Hertford in 1891 (possibly called Felix) and in 22 Bircherley Street, Hertford in 1901.
Wartime Service
Already in the Navy in 1911 on H.M.S Triumph, he died of disease presumably influenza in the naval Hospital at Invergordon.
Additional Information
Brother of Private William Frederick Fitzjohn who was killed in action on 27 Sep 1918 and of Private Joseph Fitzjohn who was killed in action on 10 Jul 1915 and who are also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
