BORN HULL 02/05/1885. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE CULLEN, OF OXFORD STREET, GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE.
On May 4th, 1916, the British navy trawler HMT Crownsin was sunk by a mine from the German submarine U-73 (Gustav Sieß), off Malta. 11 persons were killed.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ‘CROWNSIN’
1. BREEZE, ERNEST HENRY , Second Hand (no. 8326DA), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
2. BUTCHART, JOHN WILLIAM (45), Engineman (no. 4788TS), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Husband of Harriet Butchart, of 21, Berwick St., South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. BUTLER, STANLEY LUSBY COULSON (21), Deck Hand (no. 9117DA), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of William Coulson Butler and Annie Elizabeth Wilson, his wife, of Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. CULLEN, RICHARD , Engineman (no. 4250ES), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
5. FLETCHER, FRANK (21), Deck Hand (no. 9112DA), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of Harry Adisson Fletcher and Sarah Fletcher, of 14, Gladys Avenue, West Dock St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
6. HOLLIS, ALBERT EDWARD (28), Deck Hand (no. 1753SD), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of Albert and Elizabeth Hollis, of Thurne, Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
7. JONES, ALBERT VICTOR (19), Deck Hand (no. 9110DA), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of John Clarence and Hannah Jane Jones, of 6, Albany Rd., Fleetwood, Lancs, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
8. LEACH, ALLAN (21), Deck Hand (no. 1612DA), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of Thomas Moore Leach and Emmeline 1 each, of 6, Sarah’s Terrace, Rosamond St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
9. LEADBETTER, NORMAN (17), Deck Hand (no. 9073DA), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of John and Ellen Leadbetter, of 9, Albert St., Fleetwood, Lancs, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
10. MAULKINSON, HARWOOD (18), Trimmer (no. 4407TS), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of Harwood and Elizabeth Maulkinson, of 95, Addison Rd., Fleetwood, Lancs. Native of Hull, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
11. NORMAN, THOMAS (40), Trimmer (no. 1156TS), H.M. Trawler Crownsin, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/05/1916, Son of Richard and Mary Norman, of Kilvey, Swansea, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial.
