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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Able Seaman Thomas Arthur Gautrey.    Born on the 11^th January 1881 in Holborn, London, the son of John and Emily Gautrey. His father was a labourer and the family were living at 11 Yardley Street, Islington when on the 4^th February 1881 he was baptised at the Church of the Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, Islington. In 1898 he joined the Royal Navy, service number 197584, and on the 31^st March 1901 he was serving on board the first class battleship H.M.S. Resolution which was part of The Channel Squadron on station at Gibraltar. He left the navy but was retained as part of the Royal Fleet Reserve, (R.F.R.,Po.B.4911) (Po) and in March 1912 he was appointed as a Postman in London’s Northern District Office and transferred in January 1913 to the Western District Office. In mid-1913 he married Hannah Rayman in Hackney and they lived at 23 Baxter Road, Islington. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was recalled to the Royal Navy and he was aboard the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope when it was sunk with all hands, a total loss of all 919 officers and men, at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile, South America, on the 1^st November 1914, aged 33 years. As his body was not recovered for burial, he is also commemorated on Panel 2 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea Common, Hampshire.