BORN HULL 05/01/1890. SON OF SAMUEL (RNRT) HMS ‘WALLINGTON’ & SOPHIA CHORLTON, OF 4 LONDESBOROUGH TERRACE, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL AND 261 NORTH BOULEVARD, HULL. A SINGLE MAN. HE HAD A FIANCEE, MARY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY AND A FISHERMAN, WITH THE GREAT NORTHERN STEAM FISHING COMPANY. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON A MINESWEEPER, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 27. HIS BROTHER IN LAW, SEAMAN, A. E. WHITING LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS AND WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 03/10/1917 & 27/09/1918.
Ocean Star, built by The Montrose Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Montrose in 1907 and operated (hired) at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy drifter of 92 tons. On September 26th, 1917, Ocean Star was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-50 (Rudolf Seuffer), off the Nab lightvessel. Lost with all hands, 10 in total.
1. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM FRANCIS , Second Hand (no. 15333DA), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
2. CAMPBELL, JAMES (20), Engineman (no. 4659ES), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Son of James and Annie Campbell, of 47, Queen St., Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
3. CHORLTON, JOHN WILLIAM , Deck Hand (no. 15215DA), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. HORN, ALBERT , Deck Hand (no. 9511DA), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
5. MATTHEWS, HERBERT LANCELOT , Deck Hand (no. 8414DA), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
6. MITCHELL, JAMES (41), Skipper, HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Son of James Mitchell, of Peterhead; husband of Jane Mitchell, of 13, Victoria Rd., Peterhead, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
7. SETCHELL, JOHN HENRY , Engineman (no. 1956ES), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
8. SMITH, WILLIAM , Trimmer (no. 1473TS), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
9. WATT, FRANCIS WILLIAM (30), Deck Hand (no. 2395DA), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Son of James and Christina Watt, of 144, Green, Gardenstown, Banff, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
10. WHITING, ALBERT ERNEST , Deck Hand (no. 1384DA), HMD Ocean Star, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
