Ernest Samuel Godart1,2

#17310, (1888 - 1915)
FatherHerbert Clement Godart3,2 (1862 - 1948)
MotherJane Clinch3 (1862 - 1923)
Relationship2nd great-grandson of Peter Godart
Extended Family
ChartsPeter Godart & Mary Dowson - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
BirthErnest Samuel Godart was born in 1888 in St Pancras, London.3,4
 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusHe appeared on the 1891 Census of St Pancras, London with his parents. Ernest S was age 2 and born in Pancras.1 
(with Parents) 1901 CensusHe appeared on the 1901 Census of St Pancras, London with his parents. Ernest C was age 12 and born in St Pancras.3 
(Witness) 1911 CensusErnest appeared on the 1911 Census of St Pancras RD, London with his parents. He was 22, single, worked as an Electrician, and was born in St Pancras London.5 
MilitaryErnest Samuel Godart, born in Kentish Town, London, 29 October 1888, was recorded in the Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services.6 
DeathErnest died on 30 Dec 1915.
Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Ernest Samuel Godart, Wireman in the Royal Navy, on HMS Natal, age 27, service number M/13991, son of Herbert C & Mrs Godart of 21 Haverstock Rd, Hampstead London. His names appears on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial which commemorates 9,667 sailors of the First World War and 14,918 of the Second World War who have no known grave. Their site notes that he was killed by internal explosion of vessel in Cromarty Firth.2 
Last Edited28 Jan 2017

Citations

  1. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/135 folio 105.
  2. Website Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register (http://www.cwgc.org/).
  3. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/154 folio 57.
  4. GRO Indexes to Births, 1837-1983 (http://www.ancestry.com, online images), Ernest Samuel Godart, Dec Q 1888, Pancras RD.
  5. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 9 SD 4 ED 15 Schedule 206.
  6. Index to Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1853-1923, compiled by the The National Archives, London, England. Images of the service records are available to purchase at The National Archives Documents Online website.