Tenth Generation

608. John Tucker IVE was born in 1882 in Harefield, Middlesex. He was baptized on 28 May 1882 in Harefield, Middlesex. He died on 24 February 1919 at the age of 37. John was buried in Newton Abbot, Devon.

Appears on the 1901 census in Devonport and occupation is given as Infantry.

The following appears in the CWGC Debt of Honour Register:

In Memory of

J T IVE

Serjeant 5928
2nd Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
transf. to (287443), Labour Corps

who died on
Monday 24 February 1919 . Age 39 .

Additional Information: Husband of Ethel Ive, of 9, Vale Rd., Newton Abbott.

Cemetery: WOLBOROUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Devon, United Kingdom

Historical Information: This is the old Parish Churchyard of Newton Abbot.

A Sergeant 5928 S. IVE of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry is included in a list of wounded admitted to the 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield on the 2nd September 1914, the list was published in the Times of 21st September 1914. The "S" is taken to be an error and this is in fact John Tucker IVE his transfer to the Labour Corps. certainly indicates he was wounded at some point during the war.

John Tucker IVE and Amy Ethel STAUNTON were married on 28 May 1905 in East Stonehouse, Devon. Amy Ethel STAUNTON was born on 18 May 1882. She was baptized on 23 November 1910 in Lydford, Devon.

John Tucker IVE and Amy Ethel STAUNTON had the following children:

950

Birth Registration: R.D. Devonport Vol 5b Page 271 between April 1906 and June 1906 . John Leonard Staunton IVE was born about 1906. He died on 17 September 1939 at the age of 33 in North Atlantic.
Tne following appears on the CWGC Debt of Honour Register:

In Memory of

JOHN LEONARD STAUNTON IVE

Leading Seaman D/J 103181 H.M.S. Courageous, Royal Navy

who died on Sunday 17 September 1939 . Age 33 .

Additional Information: Son of John Tucker Ive and Amy Ethel Ive; husband of Eletha Ive, of Newton Abbot, Devon.
Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIALDevon, United Kingdom
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 33, Column 1.
Location: The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. It is accessible at all times.

Courageous was built by Armstrong Whitworth, and laid down 18 March 1915. She was launched on 5 February 1916 and commissioned January 1917. She was converted into a carrier between June 1924 and May 1928.

There were two ships in the Courageous Class. Both ships of the Class were completed originally as Large Light Cruisers mounting two twin 15 inch guns. When these ships were found to be inadequate and there was a need for fast carriers, both were converted along the same lines as HMS Furious. The eight 15 inch guns were removed from these ships were eventually mounted in the battleship Vanguard.

On 10th September 1939 H.M.S. Courageous carried out one of the first aerial attacks of the war on a U-Boat, the enemy being damaged.

On 17th September 1939 Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart in the Type VII U-boat U29 torpedoed and sank HMS Courageous in the South-West approaches (Southwest of Ireland), 150nm WSW of Mizen Head, Ireland. The carrier went down in only twenty minutes and 518 of her 1,200 compliment went with her, including her commander Captain W T Makeig-Jones.