Name
Ernest Reginald Titmuss
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/10/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Petty Officer (2nd Class Writer)
M/4563 (PO)
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Attentive"
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
STEVENAGE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stevenage Old Town Memorial, St Nicholas' Church Memorial, Stevenage Old Town, Holy Trinity Church Memorial Roll of Honour, Stevenage Old Town
Pre War
Ernest was born on the 3rd April 1893, the only son of Edward & Sophia Titmuss of Fishers Green Road, Stevenage.
Wartime Service
He joined the Royal Navy on the 10th June 1912. He is known to have taken part in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. At the time of his death he had been married to his wife, Hilda May Titmuss, for 18 months and the couple had a young child. Ernest contracted influenza at Dover and died at the Royal Marine Hospital in Deal, Kent, and is buried in the St. Nicholas Churchyard, Stevenage.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
