Charles Harry Betts
Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Previous occupation: Draftsman (aircraft)
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: J24350
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 6th January 1926 (Able Seaman)
Biographical Information: Charles was born on 30 December 1897 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He is believed to have passed away in Wales during 1982.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
8th April 1913 | 6th October 1913 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/695 |
7th October 1913 | 7th October 1913 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/695 |
8th October 1913 | 16th April 1914 | Theseus | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/695 |
17th April 1914 | 2nd May 1914 | Vivid I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/695 |
3rd May 1914 | 29th December 1915 | Carnarvon | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/695 |
30th December 1915 | 15th August 1916 | Carnarvon | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/695 |
16th August 1916 | 3rd November 1917 | Carnarvon | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
4th November 1917 | 17th April 1918 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
18th April 1918 | 17th May 1919 | Wallington ([illegible]) | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
18th May 1919 | 26th April 1920 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
27th April 1920 | 26th April 1920 | Curlew | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
27th April 1920 | 27th October 1922 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
28th October 1922 | 10th May 1923 | Woolwich (Scimitar) | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
11th May 1923 | 14th May 1923 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
15th May 1923 | 6th January 1926 | Hood | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
7th January 1926 | 1st July 1926 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
2nd July 1926 | 28th December 1927 | Osprey (A/S School) | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
29th December 1927 | CS Expired | Able Seaman | ADM188/695 |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM 188/695
Letter written by Charles aboard Hood on 7 May 1925.
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor