Hello all - this conversation stream stems from an original photo that I posted. Apologies for being absent for some time. I need to go through all these posts very carefully, but I think there is confusion about which GHW is which. The one in the photo is MY great grandfather and I have many other photos of him to prove it. He was in the Navy (have documents and awards) and then in the coast guard service before leaving to run a pub in Berwick upon tweed. He married my great grandmother in April 1897 in Ryde (Fanny Cooke), they had 3 daughters - born Robin Hoods Bay and Saltburn.
There are VERY very many Wheelers around the Isle of Wight (then and now) and presumably lots of George Wheelers, and obviously more than one George Henry Wheeler. This one died in Berwick on 9th Oct 1946.
The photo is my coast guard/Navy GHW - he is indeed in Navy uniform. He was recalled to help train the younger men in WW1 - this is when the photo was taken.