BORN HULL 29/03/1896. SON OF JOHN HERBERT & HANNAH ELIZABETH GRUNNELL ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS.
HMT Helgian, built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby in 1913 and hired at the time of her loss by the Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 220 tons. On September 6th, 1917, HMT Helgian was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-23 (Volkhard von Bothmer), in the Gulf of Ruphani, in the Aegean Sea. 10 persons were lost.
1. BIRD, JOHN HARKNESS (25), Skipper, Mentioned in Despatches, HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of James and Ellen Bird, of 12, East Lorimer Place, Cockenzie Prestonpans, Edinburgh, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. BONTOFT, JAMES WILLIAM (23), Trimmer (no. 1010TS), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of James and Sarah Ann Bontoft, of 8, Woodyard, Boston, Lincs, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. DOULL, GEORGE (47), Second Hand (no. 1484SA), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of Margaret Miller, of 17A, Vansittart St., Wick, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 4. GRUNNELL, HARRY FEETHAM (20), Engineman (no. 3611TS), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of John Herbert and Hannah Elizabeth Grunnell, of 43, Scarborough St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. HART, THOMAS CHAMPION (34), Deck Hand (no. 10246DA), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Husband of the late Florence T. Hart, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 6. HERRIDGE, FRANK (36), Leading Seaman (no. 197981), HMT Helgian, Royal Fleet Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Herridge, of Mere; husband of Beatrice Herridge, of Castle St., Mere, Wilts. Service: RFR/PO/B/1330, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 7. KERR, COLIN , Deck Hand (no. 258DA), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 8. SMITHSON, JONATHAN (24), Signalman (no. 6307A), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of William Smithson, of Tates Yard, Church St., Whitby; husband of Marjory V. Smithson, of 19, St. Bart’s Rd., Reading, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. THOMAS, CHARLES EDWARD (38), Petty Officer Stoker (no. 1356U), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Son of Daniel H. and Sarah E. Thomas, of Milford Haven; husband of Harriet Ann Thomas, of 3, Concrete Cottages, Pill, Milford Haven, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 10. TURNBULL, GEORGE WILLIAM , Trimmer (no. 4650TS), HMT Helgian, Royal Naval Reserve, †06/09/1917, Memorial: Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150850
