BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF WALTER HACKETT & ALICE WILFORD, 47 JAMES STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM IRELAND AND WORKED AS A ‘JOBBING DRYER’. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM BRIDLINGTON. BOTH PARENTS DIED IN 1934. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. GEORGE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS) & THEN AT 386 LIVERPOOL STREET, SEEDLEY, MANCHESTER. HE WAS SERVING AS FOURTH ENGINEER, ON THE NEWCASTLE SHIP, ‘EASTERN PRINCE’, SUNK ON 30/08/1917, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED WITH HIS BROTHER ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
HIS BROTHER, THIRD ENGINEER, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH HACKETT, WAS LOST AT SEA ON 30/04/1918, AGED 25 SERVING ON THE STEAM SHIP ‘UMBA’ SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
SS Eastern Prince, built by J. Priestman & Co., Sunderland in 1910 and owned at the time of her loss by Prince Line, Ltd. (Furness, Withy & Co.), Newcastle, was a British steamer of 2885 tons. On August 30th, 1917, Eastern Prince, on a voyage from Newport News to London with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-62 (Ernst Hashagen), 30 miles S3/4W of Eddystone lighthouse. 5 persons were lost.
People on board SS EASTERN PRINCE123 1. HACKETT, GEORGE PATRICK (18), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Eastern Prince, Mercantile Marine, †30/08/1917, Son of Walter and Alice Hackett, of 386, Liverpool St., Seedley, Manchester. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. IRVINE, WILLIAM (38), Donkeyman, SS Eastern Prince, Mercantile Marine, †30/08/1917, Son of Catherine Irvine and the late William Irvine; husband of Johanna Irvine (nee Foster), of 8 House, 8 Court, Hampton St., Liverpool. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. LAZARUS, MICHAEL (32), Chief Steward, SS Eastern Prince, Mercantile Marine, †30/08/1917, Son of Rose Lazarus, of 62, Fontayne Rd., Stoke Newington, London, and the late Solomon Lazarus, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. REED, WALTER (21), Third Mate, SS Eastern Prince, Mercantile Marine, †30/08/1917, Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. WEBB, WALTER GEORGE (17), Mess Room Steward, SS Eastern Prince, Mercantile Marine, †30/08/1917, Son of Frederick Webb, of 70, Croft St., Deptford, London, and the late Mary Ann Webb, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?82526
