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247179 Cmmd.Boatswain. Albert Edward Harding Royal Navy HMS Warspite from:Shamley Green, Surrey (d.22nd May 1941) Albert Harding, Royal Navy, born 24th January 1901 in Wealdstone, Middlesex, took the King's shilling at about the age of 15 and served in the Royal Navy from that time, during WW1. Based at Chatham docks where he was acting Boatswain from 1928. He married Marion Nancy Lucy Elliott at Shamley Green, Surrey on 16th August 1930 and they had three children, Michael, Joy and Christopher. He served on the St Cyrus, a tug that was tender to the Repulse in the Atlantic fleet in 1930, on the Boyne in fishery protection and on St Issey in 1935 in the Mediterranean fleet, all based at Chatham and with him as Boatswain. In 1939 he became Command Boatswain on HMS Pembroke and in 1940 joined HMS Warspite. He was killed in action during the Battle of Crete at 13.32 hours on Thursday, 22nd of May 1941 by a bomb from an Me 109 while serving on the starboard 6" gun battery. He and 18 naval ratings killed in action were committed to the deep at 20.00 hours (Latitude 35 degrees 50', Longitude 22 degrees 17'). Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.