Albert Edward Beckett

A Leading Deck Hand with H.M.S. Pekin, Albert died on 10th of December 1918 at the age of 28. 

Albert was born at Lowestoft on 6 April 1890, a son of William and Mary Ann Beckett. 

He attended Saint John's School, Lowestoft, from 7 February 1898 to 20 March 1904. His family lived at 23 Clemence Street and, later, at 51 Kimberley Road, Lowestoft. Albert's mother died in 1901. 

Albert was in Grimsby when he joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 26 May 1915. He served on a number of converted trawlers during the war including the 'John Mitchell' and the 'Lucy Mackay'. He became a Leading Deck Hand on 2 June 1917. 

Albert contracted influenza which developed into double broncho-pneumonia and died at the Naval Sick Quarters H.M.S. Pekin at Grimsby.

His brother John also served with the Royal Naval Reserve and died in World War One.