James G Hastings

This plaque is in the Congregational Church, in Auchinleck Road, Cumnock

photo by Kevan Aitken

Able Seaman died of disease on board HMS Hyacinth. He was 21.

The CWG site  says he is buried in Dar es Salaam Cemetery in Tanzania

Name:	James Hastings
Rank:	AB
Birth Date:	6 Nov 1895
Branch of Service:	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Cause of Death:	Died from disease
Official Number Port Division:	Clyde Z/6139.
Death Date:	21 Feb 1917
Ship or Unit:	HMS Hyacinth
Location of Grave:	28
Name and Address of Cemetery:	Kilwa Kivingi Cemetery, East Africa
Relatives Notified and Address:	Father: James Belleview Cottage, Auchinleck, Ayrshire

His father James Hastings was born in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire

1901 census
Greenside Place, Coal Road, Auchinleck
James Hastings 33 stone mason
Mary wife 36
Isabella A  dau 7
James son 5
Agnes G dau 1


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