BORN HULL 26/02/1894. HE MARRIED, ESTHER LIZZIE STEPHENSON (BORN 10/4/1889) AT HULL IN 1908. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN, LIVING AT 132, BEAN STREET, HULL AND 59, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIFE DIED ON 7/11/1915 AFTER HIS DEATH AND HER MOTHER LOOKED AFTER THEIR CHILDREN.
HE HAD ENLISTED IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1912, AGED 18. THEN WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER.
TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. LOST ON THE FISHING VESSEL ‘TERN’, WHICH RAN AGROUND, OFF WHITEN HEAD, ON 23/02/1915. SIX LIVES WERE LOST.
HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE ST BARNABAS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE AND THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. HE LEFT BROTHERS, GEORGE W, THOMAS & EDGAR BOOTH.
PEOPLE ON BOARD FV TERN. On February 23rd, 1915, the British steel steamer FV TERN was wrecked off Whiten Head.
1. BOOTH, JOHN JAMES HENRY , Second Hand (no. 415SA), FV Tern, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/02/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
2. BRADFORD, GEORGE RICHARD (37), Engineman (no. 773ES), FV Tern, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/02/1915, Husband of Alice Edith Johnson (formerly Bradford), of 9, Gladys Terrace, Walcot St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. CARGILL, FREDERICK (31), Seaman (no. 2725C), FV Tern, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/02/1915, Son of Andrew and Helen Cargill; husband of Isobell Cargill, of 34, King St., Ferryden, Montrose, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
4. DOUGLAS (42), Seaman (no. 4471/B), FV Tern, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/02/1915, Husband of Mary Shearer Douglas, of 4, Mill St., Montrose, Memorial: Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery
5. GREEN , Seaman (no. 1598/DA), FV Tern, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/02/1915, Memorial: Melness Cemetery, Tongue
6. SWANTON, JOHN JAMES , Chief Petty Officer (no. 137955), FV Tern, Royal Navy, †23/02/1915, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
