Charles Walter Gear
Place of birth: Llandisillo, Anglesey, Wales
Previous occupation: Baker's Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Petty Officer
Service Number: 234059
Joined Hood: 14th September 1920 (Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 14th May 1923 (Petty Officer)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
5th June 1905 | 20th December 1905 | Emerald | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st December 1905 | 10th February 1906 | Emerald | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th February 1906 | 23rd May 1906 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th May 1906 | 9th September 1906 | Hogue | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th September 1906 | 30th September 1906 | Vivid I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1906 | 1st January 1907 | Niobe | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd January 1907 | 30th December 1907 | Hibernia | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
31st December 1907 | 4th January 1909 | Hibernia | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th January 1909 | 14th January 1909 | Hannibal | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd January 1909 | 27th May 1909 | Hannibal | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th May 1909 | 28th February 1910 | Hannibal | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st March 1910 | 7th February 1911 | Vanguard | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th February 1911 | 7th August 1911 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th August 1911 | 24th November 1913 | Colossus | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
25th November 1913 | 17th February 1914 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th February 1914 | 2nd August 1915 | London | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd August 1915 | 26th October 1916 | London | Leading Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th October 1916 | 20th November 1916 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st November 1916 | 17th June 1917 | Bonaventure (Bonetta) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th June 1917 | 11th March 1918 | Vivid I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th March 1918 | 30th September 1918 | Adventure | Leading Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1918 | 18th March 1919 | Adventure | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
19th March 1919 | 31st March 1919 | St George (Clematis) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st April 1919 | 21st May 1919 | Egmont (Clematis) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd May 1919 | 14th July 1919 | Hannibal | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th July 1919 | 15th August 1919 | Europa II (Minerva II) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
16th August 1919 | 30th September 1919 | Caesar (Minerva II) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1919 | 16th November 1919 | Julius (Minerva II) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th November 1919 | 22nd March 1920 | Victory I | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd March 1920 | 13th September 1920 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th September 1920 | 14th May 1923 | Hood | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th May 1923 | 9th October 1923 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th October 1923 | 23rd October 1923 | Victory II (Eagle) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th October 1923 | 23rd November 1923 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th November 1923 | 23rd June 1927 | Delhi | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th June 1927 | 26th August 1927 | Caradoc | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th August 1927 | 5th July 1928 | Vivid I | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
6th July 1928 | 1st January 1929 | Osprey (Heather) | Petty Officer | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
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)
ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea