Petty Officer - 1st Class John Alexander De Caen
Royal Navy. HMS lndefatigable
31/05/1916
1914-15 Star
Son of Francis and Jane de Caen, of St Helier, Jersey.
Killed in the Battle of Jutland, aged 37 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Thursday 8 June 1916
Roll of Honour. Yet another Jerseyman,
First Class Petty Officer J A de Caen was lost in HMS
Indefatigable on 31 May. It was presumed that this sailor
was serving on the vessel and yesterday his sister,
who resides at Bagot, received the sad information from
the Admiralty that the Petty Officer had made the supreme
sacrifice. A son of the sailor, who was serving in the
Army, was killed in action some time ago. To the relatives
we offer our sincere sympathy.
A total of 26 Jerseymen are believed to have lost their
lives in the Naval Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916
and on HMS Hampshire which sank on 6 June 1916 after
tricking a mine off the Orkneys.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Friday 9 June 1916
The Late Petty Officer de Caen. We learn
that Petty Officer de Caen of HMS Indefatigable whose
death in action we reported yesterday, was the uncle
of the soldier of the same name killed recently.
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Record
