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William Henry Luxton
| Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (W. Luxton. Yeo: Sig: H.M.S. "Achilles".) |
Born at Stoke Damerel in Devon on 23rd June, 1849, William Henry Luxton
signed up for 10 years of service on 23 June 1867. His Service Record however
begins on Northumberland in January 1873 where he shows up as a Signal an 2nd
class. He was promoted to Signal man in November of the same year and then to
Yeoman of Signals in August, 1877. He served on HMS Achilles from September
1880 until August 1884 and was discharged to shore in August 1887.
William was the son of Robert, a Navy Dockyard Labourer and Elizabeth
(Morgan). At the time of the census in 1861, he is shown to be living with his
parents and his younger sister Elizabeth. Ten years later he is shown in the Naval
Census at Devon.
In March 1886, he married Elizabeth Ann Deans who was 14 years his junior in
East Stonehouse Devon and in the 1891 census he is shown as a Naval Pensioner
found to be living in East Stonehouse with his wife and their two sons William
Robert and Ernest Henry. 10 years later he is shown as a civil servant (signalman)
residing in the same house and he has an additional two children a daughter
Elizabeth and another son named William (8). His elder son William would have
been 13 and I suspect he may have died young and the couple decided to name the
next son William. In the 1911 census he is listed as a naval pensioner and widower
living with his Brother in Law and Family at 232 Beaumont Road Plymouth.
Luxton died in East Stonehouse in the second quarter of 1914.
Provenance Spink Nov. 2008 Only 43 medals to HMS Achilles
signed up for 10 years of service on 23 June 1867. His Service Record however
begins on Northumberland in January 1873 where he shows up as a Signal an 2nd
class. He was promoted to Signal man in November of the same year and then to
Yeoman of Signals in August, 1877. He served on HMS Achilles from September
1880 until August 1884 and was discharged to shore in August 1887.
William was the son of Robert, a Navy Dockyard Labourer and Elizabeth
(Morgan). At the time of the census in 1861, he is shown to be living with his
parents and his younger sister Elizabeth. Ten years later he is shown in the Naval
Census at Devon.
In March 1886, he married Elizabeth Ann Deans who was 14 years his junior in
East Stonehouse Devon and in the 1891 census he is shown as a Naval Pensioner
found to be living in East Stonehouse with his wife and their two sons William
Robert and Ernest Henry. 10 years later he is shown as a civil servant (signalman)
residing in the same house and he has an additional two children a daughter
Elizabeth and another son named William (8). His elder son William would have
been 13 and I suspect he may have died young and the couple decided to name the
next son William. In the 1911 census he is listed as a naval pensioner and widower
living with his Brother in Law and Family at 232 Beaumont Road Plymouth.
Luxton died in East Stonehouse in the second quarter of 1914.
Provenance Spink Nov. 2008 Only 43 medals to HMS Achilles
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