BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANNIE DICK, OF 9 LITTLE GOODWIN STREET, HULL. A MERCHANT NAVY STOKER, TRANSFERRED TO ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE. HE WAS ONE OF FIVE SONS AND A SON IN LAW, WHO SERVED. THEY ARE ALL PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HDM ON 26/05/1916. * HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA, ON 27/04/1916, WHEN HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD. COMMEMORATED ON PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVON, UK.
HIS WIFE EMILY ELIZABETH DICK, LIVED AT 8 ANN’S BUILDINGS, SOUTH PARADE, HULL AND AT 13 VAUXHALL GROVE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE SOUTH PARADE STREET SHRINE, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/04/1917, BY MOTHER, FATHER, SISTERS, SISTER ANNIE, AND HER HUSBAND IN AFRICA, ANOTHER BROTHER IN LAW, TED, AND FOUR BROTHERS, ALL SERVING IN FRANCE.
Launched By Eales Shipbuilders, Hull, on 24th February, 1912, the double paddle steamer, HMS Killingholme, was used as a Humber Ferry Service. It was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a sea plane carrier, to intercept airships, in March 1916. On 27th April 1916, it suffered major damage while on an anti-zeppelin patrol, overnight in the Humber. There are conflicting accounts of what happened with some claiming that the ship hit a mine and others claiming the ship was hit by a torpedo from a German submarine. Regardless, 18 crew members were killed including four members of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service. The attempts at intercepting airships were not successful and Killingholme was returned to her owners 21st April 1917.
