260948 CPO. James Henry Adolphus Tremayne Bolton MID.Royal Navy HMS Moorsom from:Plymouth (d.12th Mar 1917) Henry Bolton was born in Liverpool on the 13th April 1876 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on the 24th September 1892. Having risen to the rate of Chief Petty Officer, Henry was recommended for good services in the action in the North Sea at the Battle of Jutland 31st May - 1st June 1916, during which his ship HMS Moorsom operated as one of six Harwich Force destroyers screening the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron. He left the Moorsom in February 1917 and joined HMS Skate, another destroyer, but one month later HMS Skate was torpedoed and damaged by the enemy submarine UC 69 off the Maas lighthouse in the North Sea. Henry was the only crew member killed. He was married and aged 40.
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