Name
Herbert George Fanning
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/04/1918
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
Bristol/ Z/1656
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.S. "Magic"
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
29.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 28 Sep 1885 in Maidenhead, Berkshire son of Robert John and Isabella Fanning. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1896-1901 and then entered Stuckey’s Bank in Taunton. He married Rose Fanny Pine on 22 Jun 1916 and they lived at “Chestal”, Priory Avenue, Taunton.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in R.N.V.R in Jun 1916 and served on the Medea and the Magic. He was killed when his ship was damaged by a mine laid by German Submarine U.C.31 in Lough Swilly and he was buried at sea.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
