COURT James Henry
James Henry COURT
Engine Room Artificer, 1478/EA Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Beaver
Died of Influenza aged 27 on 17th October 1918
Buried at BARI CEMETERY, CARDONIA, ITALY
Wife, Iris Court, of Blackpyl [sic]. Son of James and Gertrude Court.
Honoured on the Blackpill Great War Memorial
HMS Beaver was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the ninth Royal Navy ship to be named Beaver, after the mammal of the same name
H.M.S. Beaver , Mediterranean service
In April 1918 she was ordered to the Mediterranean, where she was employed in convoy and anti-submarine work. Based at Brindisi, Italy, she participated in the attempted blockade of Austro-Hungarian submarines in the Adriatic. In October 1918 she took part in the bombardment of Durazzo (now Durrës, Albania). When the Ottoman Empire signed the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, Beaver ferried troops to the Dardanelles and entered the Sea of Marmara before proceeding to Constantinople. From Constantinople, she sailed to Odessa, where civil order was breaking down amidst occupation by both the Imperial German army and the White Russian Army.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Beaver_(1911)