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HERBERT ABBOTT

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Rank
2nd Engineer
Regiment
MM S T SABRINA HULL
Address
47 Witty Street, Hull
Kingston upon Hull HU3 4NA
England
Background

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHNATHAN & ISABELLA ABBOTT, OF 47 , WITTY STREET, HULL. HE ALSO LIVED AT 32, CLYDE STREET IN 1911 & 42. (NAVAL RECORDS).

HE WORKED AS A SHIP'S FIREMAN AND WAS UNMARRIED. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ON 21/5/1915,AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES 19/06/1915.

Sabrina (H 346) FV was a British registered fishing vessel of 179grt that was probably mined by the cruiser Hamburg when 160 miles ENE of Spurn Head Light Vessel.

ref. used: CREW LOST ON SABRINA (H346), struck mine, 160 miles E. N. E. of Spurn, 21st May, 1915.

ABBOTT, H (22), 47 Witty st, Hull. 2nd/Engineer

BLANCHARD, William (43), 39 Clifton-ter, Hull. Skipper

FRY, S (21), 7 Devon st, Hull. 2nd/Hand

HAMILTON, Herbert (34), Claremont-ave, Beecroft st, Hull. 3rd/Hand

JOHNSON, Arthur (15), 343 Hawthorne-ave, Hull. Deckhand

JOHNSON, John (17), 343 Hawthorne-ave, Hull. Fireman

MORRIS, William (34), 7 Trent-ave, Eastbourne st, Hull. Bosun

SHAW, J. H (48), 13 Carrington st, Hull. Chief Engineer

TUNGATE, Arthur (53), 41 Eastbourne st, Hull. Cook

Date Died
21/05/1915
Died
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age
22
Memorial
1 Skaldenstraat
Gent 9042
Vlaanderen

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