BORN HULL 1890. SON OF BENJAMIN & MARY ELIZABETH CRAVEN. MARRIED SEPTEMBER 1916. WIFE ELSIE (NEE BROWN) CRAVEN, LIVED AT 64 GOULTON STREET, HULL AND 3 , WELBECK STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). IN APRIL 1916, HE RESCUED THE GERMAN CREW OF THE ZEPPELIN, L15 WHICH HAD DITCHED IN THE NORTH SEA. (HDM, 13/04/1916). HE DROWNED, ON 21/06/1918, AGED 28. AS A RESULT OF A SUBMARINE ATTACK.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/08/1918.
SS Montebello, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons. On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a voyage from London to Hampton Roads, was sunk by the German submarine U-100 (Degenhart von Loë), 320 miles W1/2N from Ushant (Ouessant). 41 persons were lost, including the following Hull seamen.
BRACKENBURY, HAROLD (21), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of James and Phoebe Brackenbury (nee Levert), of 217, Boulevard, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CLUBLEY, AUGUSTUS (53), First Engineer, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Husband of Martha Charlotte Clubley, of 36, Coltman St., Hull. Born at Easington, Co. Durham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
FRUS, BASIL (21), Second Mate, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of John Andrew and Emma Frus (nee Vokes), of 240, Marlborough Avenue, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HALEY, FREDERICK CARL (29), Third Engineer, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Husband of Ethel Haley, of 30, Ena St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HUNTLEY, REGINALD (37), Second Engineer, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Sarah Huntley (nee Ingleby), of 23, Westcott St., Hull, and the late Richard Huntley. Born at Hedon, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
KING, DOUGLAS ROY (17), Apprentice, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Louisa Hossack King (nee Manson), of 9, South Parade, Withernsea, Yorks., and the late Walter King. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SPAIN, WALTER (22), Third Mate, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Walter Lazenby Spain and Ada Spain, of 105, Havelock St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
WHITING, JOHN HENRY (44), Steward, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of John and Mary Ann Whiting; husband of Kate Hannah Whiting (nee Caunt), of 126, Plane St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
