James's Story.
Birkenhead News 03 March 1915NAVAL STOKER’S SUDDEN DEATH.
In our last issue we published a report of the inquest held on James Hoey, of 15, Burton Street, Birkenhead, a stoker on H.M.S. Patuca. It will be remembered that the deceased, who was only 24 years of age, collapsed and died in a train on Carlisle Station. The jury found that the deceased died from natural causes. He was accorded a military funeral. Much sympathy is felt for his parents.