Leading Seaman 221318 George Thomas PASTON

Leading Seaman 221318 George Thomas Paston{gallery}LS G T Paston{/gallery}Royal Navy aboard HMS Princess Irene
Killed in an explosion in the Medway Estuary, Kent, 27th May 1915, aged 28

• Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England. Panel 9
  
• Awarded: 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals
• Son of Thomas and Ellen Paston of 10 Abbey Green, Nuneaton
• Husband of Georgina Paston [nee Hopkins]. Married Dec Qtr 1913 in Sheppey, Kent
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Addendum

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Leading Seaman Paston
• Chatham Naval Memorial
• HMS Princess Irene

1911 Census, Family History and Military Service Information

• Born 2 Oct 1886 in Leicester
• Lived at Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton [1891]
• Lived at 33 Higher West Street, Pendleton, Lancs [1901]
• Employed as a brick-setter [1902]
  
• Lived at 7 Cross Street, Chatham, Kent
  
• Enlisted on 18 Jul 1902 at Chatham