Leading Stoker Albert William Boorer
Royal Navy, H.M.M.L. 540, D/K 60788
Died by Luftwaffe bombing
Date of Birth: 27th of November 1904
Place of Birth: Epsom, Surrey
Date of Death: 3rd of November 1942
Buried: Teignmouth Old Cemetery, plot PP187
Awarded the 1939-45 Star, and the War Medal 1939-1945
Albert William Boorer was baptised on the 16th of July 1905 at All Saints, Leatherhead. The family were living at Oak View, Kingston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. His father, Albert John was a carpenter.
In the 1911 census, the Boorer family were living at 10, Dennis Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. Father, Albert John, born 1880, mother, Rhoda, born 1881. Albert William had one brother, H.A. Boorer, born 1909, and two sisters, Lillian Rhoda Boorer, born 1902, and Violet Emily Boorer, born 1906.
Albert William Boorer attested for the Royal Artillery on the 11th of May 1921 for a period of four years but transferred to the Royal Navy on the 9th of March 1923 for a period of 12 years.
Albert William Boorer married Gwendoline Boyne in the 4th quarter of 1925 which was registered at Newton Abbot.
Luftwaffe bomber raid of the 3rd of November 1942 (Gwynfa Nursing Home, Salcombe and Park Street area)
Leading Stoker Albert William Boorer of the Royal Navy, HMML 540. Son of Albert John and Rhoda Boorer of Teignmouth, Devon, widower of Gwendoline Boorer, and father of Raymond (see below). Died at 15, Park Street, Teignmouth, Devon, aged 39.
Raymond Stanley Boorer, Child, aged 15, of 15 Park Street, Teignmouth, Devon. Son of Leading Stoker Albert William Boorer, R.N. (killed in the same incident), and of the late Gwendoline Boorer.
Rhoda Beatrice Boorer nee Lee, aged 61, Member of the W.V.S. Civilian of 15 Park Street, Teignmouth, Devon. Widow of Albert John Boorer and mother of Albert William Boorer.
Ann Rhoda Stevens, child, aged 3 months, of 15 Park Street. Daughter of Harold Richard Stevens, and of Mary Alexandra Stevens.
Mary Alexandra Stevens nee Boorer, aged 29, civilian of 15 Park Street. Daughter of Rhoda Beatrice and of the late Albert John Boorer, wife of Harold Richard Stevens.
All are buried in the same plot, PP187.
Leading Stoker Albert William Boorer, Royal Navy, H.M.M.L. 540, D/K 60788
