BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ANNIE MARY COOPER, OF 8 BYRON STREET, WESCOTT STREET, HULL. A SEAMAN LIKE HIS FATHER. HIS WIFE LAURA COOPER (HANGMAN) LIVED AT 182 , MERSEY STREET, HULL. SEAMAN. HIS FATHER ALSO LEONARD WILLIAM COOPER (1853-1916), WAS LOST ON SAME SHIP, ‘VASCO’. HIS MOTHER, ANNIE, WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER THEIR DEATHS (HULL DAILY MAIL). HIS BROTHER, FRED COOPER, SERVED IN THE MACHINE GUN CORPS.
SS Vasco, built by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1895 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.914 tons. 280x40x19.2 feet; 188 n.h.p. triple expansion engine. On November 16th, 1916, Vasco, on a voyage from Hull to Naples with general cargo, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-16 (Egon von Werner), 10 miles WxS of Beachy Head. 17 persons were lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS VASCO123
BRIDEGROOM, GEORGE WILLIAM (44), Boatswain, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of the late Frederick and Katherine Bridegroom; husband of Mary Ann Bridegroom (nee Arnold), of 7, Wilberforce Grove, Northumberland Avenue, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BROOKS, H V , Ordinary Seaman, Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BURTON, JOHN HENRY (18), Engineer’s Steward, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of Frederick Henry and Annie Elizabeth Burton, of 36, Goulton St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
COOPER, LEONARD WILLIAM (52), Third Engineer, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Husband of Annie Cooper, of 8, Byron St., Westcott St., Hull. Born at Leeds, Memorial: Bexhill Cemetery
COOPER, LEONARD WILLIAM (34), Sailor, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of the late Leonard William and Annie Cooper; husband of Laura Cooper (nee Hangmann), of 182, Mersey St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
COULTER, WILLIAM ALEX (24), Able Seaman (no. Clyde 4/2093), S.S. Vasco, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †16/11/1916, Son of William and Helen Coulter, of 11, Aitkenhead Rd., Glasgow, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
DONALDSON, WILLIAM (45), Master, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Husband of Isabel Edith Donaldson, of 98 De La Pole Avenue, Anlaby Road, Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull General Cemetery, Memorial: Hull Northern Cemetery
FOSTER, ROBERT HENRY (23), Able Seaman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of Henry and Emily Foster, of 10A, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Born at Seaton, Yorks, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
FRENCH, T (36), Fireman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born at Nottingham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
JOHNSON, JOHN WILLIAM (46), Donkeyman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Husband of J.W. Johnson, of 15, Stanley St., Railway Rd., King’s Lynn, Memorial: Frinton-On-Sea (St. Mary) Churchyard
LAWTON, J (41), Ship’s Cook, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
MADSEN, NEILS (23), Fireman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born in Denmark, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NIMBLEY, T (20), Fireman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born at Lagos, Memorial: Tower Hill Memo
Cooper Jnr, Leonard William
First name:
LEONARD WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
Spare Hand
Date Died
16/11/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
34
