Henry Samuel Battershell
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Previous occupation: Butcher
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 229712
Joined Hood: 6th August 1921 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 21st June 1922 (Able Seaman)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
23rd February 1904 | 23rd May 1904 | Northampton | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th May 1904 | 14th July 1904 | Northampton | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th July 1904 | 22nd August 1904 | Cleopatra | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd August 1904 | 21st September 1904 | Cleopatra | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd September 1904 | 13th October 1904 | Vivid I | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th October 1904 | 30th November 1904 | Theseus | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st December 1904 | 9th November 1905 | Cornwall | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th November 1905 | 31st December 1906 | Cornwall | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st January 1907 | 19th February 1907 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
20th February 1907 | 22nd January 1909 | Impregnable | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd January 1909 | 3rd May 1911 | Fantome | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th May 1911 | 22nd July 1911 | Edgar | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd July 1911 | 3rd October 1911 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th October 1911 | 17th February 1912 | Vivid II | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th February 1912 | 4th November 1912 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th November 1912 | 31st October 1913 | Hecla | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st November 1913 | 11th December 1913 | Venus | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th December 1913 | 31st December 1913 | Woolwich | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st January 1914 | 22nd June 1914 | Hecla | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd June 1914 | 28th July 1914 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
29th July 1914 | 1st August 1914 | Victory | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd August 1914 | 31st December 1915 | Hecla (Fortune) | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st January 1916 | 16th March 1916 | Hecla (Hardy) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th March 1916 | 2nd November 1916 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd November 1916 | 1st May 1917 | Marlborough | Leading Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd May 1917 | 17th April 1918 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th April 1918 | 30th April 1918 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st May 1918 | 25th March 1919 | Gorgon | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
6th May 1919 | 4th December 1919 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th December 1919 | 14th July 1921 | Vivid III (Tenacious) | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th July 1921 | 5th August 1921 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
6th August 1921 | 21st June 1922 | Hood | Able Seaman | ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
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Memorials
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM188/406 via WW1 Lives at Sea