Lieutenant George Joseph Weldrick

Regiment: H.M.S. Clan McNaughton
Date published: 30/07/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 03/02/1915
Age at death: 31
Cemetery: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, United Kingdom
Plot: 13
Information: Lieutenant George Joseph Weldrick, R.N.R., was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Weldrick, of Booterstown. He was born at Idrone House, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, on the 2nd May, 1883; was educated at Blackrock College. He had a distinguished career in the Mercantile Marine Service, and in July, 1914, he was appointed in H.M.S. Hannibal, and in November, 1914, was transferred to the H.M.S. Clan McNaughton, in which he lost his life in the service of his country on or about 3rd February, 1915.