He was a shop assistant and died in the sea, off Folkestone pier. He drowned in the tidal wave which hit the Folkestone beach on the 20th July. He was brought for burial from 15 Thanet Gardens, Folkestone. Birth registered in the September Q 1912 in Elham RD, no mother's maiden name on GRO.
He was a scout:
The young scout drowned was Arthur Balkham, of Thanet Gardens. Some 70 fellow scouts attended the funeral that followed, to pay their last respects. This took place on Arthur's 17th birthday, at Grace Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Desperate efforts were made to rescue Arthur. Charles Allebone, assistant to the harbourmaster, had seen the 10ft high wave hit him and hailed Mr J Hunter, second officer of the railway cargo ship "Whitstable." A boat was immediately launched to go to the rescue. But it couldn't reach him in time.
http://www.dover-kent.com/Bob-Hollingsbee/2001-11-01.html
Mistranscribed on Ancestry burials as Backham.
He was a scout:
The young scout drowned was Arthur Balkham, of Thanet Gardens. Some 70 fellow scouts attended the funeral that followed, to pay their last respects. This took place on Arthur's 17th birthday, at Grace Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Desperate efforts were made to rescue Arthur. Charles Allebone, assistant to the harbourmaster, had seen the 10ft high wave hit him and hailed Mr J Hunter, second officer of the railway cargo ship "Whitstable." A boat was immediately launched to go to the rescue. But it couldn't reach him in time.
http://www.dover-kent.com/Bob-Hollingsbee/2001-11-01.html
Mistranscribed on Ancestry burials as Backham.
He was a shop assistant and died in the sea, off Folkestone pier. He drowned in the tidal wave which hit the Folkestone beach on the 20th July. He was brought for burial from 15 Thanet Gardens, Folkestone. Birth registered in the September Q 1912 in Elham RD, no mother's maiden name on GRO.
He was a scout:
The young scout drowned was Arthur Balkham, of Thanet Gardens. Some 70 fellow scouts attended the funeral that followed, to pay their last respects. This took place on Arthur's 17th birthday, at Grace Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Desperate efforts were made to rescue Arthur. Charles Allebone, assistant to the harbourmaster, had seen the 10ft high wave hit him and hailed Mr J Hunter, second officer of the railway cargo ship "Whitstable." A boat was immediately launched to go to the rescue. But it couldn't reach him in time.
http://www.dover-kent.com/Bob-Hollingsbee/2001-11-01.html
Mistranscribed on Ancestry burials as Backham.
He was a scout:
The young scout drowned was Arthur Balkham, of Thanet Gardens. Some 70 fellow scouts attended the funeral that followed, to pay their last respects. This took place on Arthur's 17th birthday, at Grace Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Desperate efforts were made to rescue Arthur. Charles Allebone, assistant to the harbourmaster, had seen the 10ft high wave hit him and hailed Mr J Hunter, second officer of the railway cargo ship "Whitstable." A boat was immediately launched to go to the rescue. But it couldn't reach him in time.
http://www.dover-kent.com/Bob-Hollingsbee/2001-11-01.html
Mistranscribed on Ancestry burials as Backham.
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