Charles E Dorling b. 1892 Earlsfield, Surrey, eldest son of Robert Charles Dorling (b. 1869 Ashfield, Sfk) and Mary Ann Spears.  In 1911 age 19, Charles was a Stoker 2nd Class, stationed at Portland, Dorset.  His younger brother John went into the E Riding Regiment but survived the war though in 1918 he suffered a gun shot wound to the left leg and thigh resulting in 20%-1% permanent impairment of muscular power and 2 large scars.  Their other brothers were too young for WW1.

Charles's first service date was 11 Mar 1910 & his first ship was Victory II,  his last ship served on was Queen Mary at the Battle of Jutland, blown up 31 May 1916.  

"The Queen Mary, a 28, 000-ton ship blew up after being struck by a salvo of shells abreast of one of her turrets. The ship seemed to collapse inwards, the masts and funnels falling together, the side of the ship being blown outwards, and the armoured roofs of the turrets being hurled 100 feet high, in the wink of an eyelid 57 officers and 1,209 men had gone to their deaths."
From "Endless Story" by Captain Henry Taprell
Dorling D.S.O Royal Navy.

Karen Hemmingham