BORN HULL 28/07/1890. WIFE ETHEL (HILL) & DAUGHTER ABOVE. SON OF THE LATE JOHN & ELIZABETH COULSON -12 WOOLSEY GROVE, STAMFORD PLACE, HULL. THE ONLY BROTHER OF MRS G A NEWTON, 12 WOLSELEY TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH & 14TH FEBRUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
JACAMAR was an Admiralty hired trawler (No 1207), built in 1911 of 293 grt and Grimsby registered as GY-649. Armed with a 12pdr, JACAMAR was in service since May 1915 as a minesweeper, until she was sunk On January 28, 1917 in a collision off the Folkestone Lightvessel. There were 5 casualties.
1. COULSON, JOHN (29), Engineman (no. 2899ES), HMT Jacamar, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/01/1917, Son of the late John Coulson, of 12, Woolsey Grove, Stamfort Place, Hull; husband of Ethel Coulson, of 51, Rugby St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
2. GRIFFIN, JOHN , Deck Hand (no. 1337SD), HMT Jacamar, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/01/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
3. RIDDELL, JOHN HUNTER , Deck Hand (no. 315SD), HMT Jacamar, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/01/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. SOUTHWELL, JAMES (43), Second Hand (no. 1700SA), HMT Jacamar, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/01/1917, Husband of Maria Southwell, of 39, Hart St., New Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
5. WALTERS, SYDNEY ARTHUR (25), Trimmer (no. 3086TS), HMT Jacamar, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/01/1917, Husband of Emily Florence Walters, of 18, Orwell St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
