BORN DURHAM SEPT 1895. ONLY SON OF HENRY GEORGE AVES & SARAH AVES (1874-1913). LOST AT SEA, 30/03/1917, AGED 21. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
Endymion, built by W. Meadus & Son, Poole in 1881 and owned at the time of her loss by Charles H. Truscott, Hull, was a British sailing vessel of 73 tons.
On April 1st, 1917, Endymion was sunk by gunfire by the German submarine UB-32 (Max Viebeg), near Start Point. 4 persons were lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SV ‘ENDYMION’
1. AVES, HENRY GEORGE (21), Ordinary Seaman, SV Endymion, Mercantile Marine, †30/03/1917, Son of the late Henry George and Sarah Aves. Born at Durham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. BARRON, EDWARD JAMES (19), Cook, SV Endymion, Mercantile Marine, †30/03/1917, Son of Ellen Jane O’Leary (formerly Barron), of 20, Eastbourne Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall, and the late Edward Oscar Barron, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. HURLEY, ALPHONSO , Master, SV Endymion, Mercantile Marine, †31/03/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. O’LEARY, TIMOTHY (45), Mate, SV Endymion, Mercantile Marine, †31/03/1917, Husband of Ellen Jane O’Leary, of 20, Eastbourne Rd., St. Austell, Cornwall. Born at Kinsale, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Aves, Henry George
First name:
HENRY GEORGE
Regiment:
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Date Died
30/03/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
21
