Name
Bertram (Bert) Game
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/07/1917
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
238852
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Vanguard"
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
21
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware,
Christchurch Memorial, Ware,
Not on the Hertford memorials
Pre War
Born on 17 Aug 1885 (or 1888) in Hertford son of Robert and Eliza Game and was living in 19 Church Street, Ware in 1901; brother of Mrs. Ada Barrett of 27 London Road, Ware, Herts. He was a carman.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in the Royal Navy on 8 Jun 1904 and first served on Triumph. He drowned when Vanguard sank. Having survived the Battle of Jutland unscathed, HMS Vanguard came to a tragic end on 9 July 1917 while anchored in Scapa Flow. An internal explosion destroyed the ship, killing 843 of the 845 men on board at the time. It is thought that there was a spontaneous explosion of faulty cordite.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
