BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOHN & HARRIET ANN HATFIELD, OF 20, DENMARK AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD. GRANDSON OF ELLEN HATFIELD – 25 LEE STREET, HULL AND 4, LEYLAND VILLAS, INGS ROAD. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, 31/10/1916, AGED 17. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HENRY HATFIELD 12TH WYR WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 19. HIS UNCLE, GUNNER, STANLEY HATFIELD OF 4 LEYLAND VILLAS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/10/1917, AGED 27.
Adriatic SS was a British cargo steamer of 3,028grt that sailed from Newport for Marseille with coal (Admiralty charter) on the 31st October 1916 – missing, presumed war loss. 29 crew lost, including:-
BEAL, GEORGE ARTHUR (49), Steward, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Son of the late George and Elizabeth Beal; husband of Ada Margaret Beal (nee Oliver), of 124, Welbeck St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CHEETHAM, WILLIAM ALFRED (16), Apprentice, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Son of the late Alfred Buchanan Cheetham and of Eliza Cheetham (nee Sawyer), of 40, Bean St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
DEAN (42), Donkeyman, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Husband of Martha Dean, of Wranby House, Freiston, Boston, Lincs. Born at Lincoln, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HATFIELD, LEONARD (17), Apprentice, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield, of 20, Denmark Avenue, Holderness Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NOWELL, JOHN (45), Master, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Son of Stephen and Elizabeth Nowell; husband of Mary Emma Nowell, of 573, Anlaby Rd., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SUGDON, HAROLD GEORGE (42), First Engineer, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Son of Mary Sugdon, and the late Osgerby Sugdon; husband of Ethel Mary Sugdon (nee Moses), of Hill Crest, Empire Rd., Torquay. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SWALE, WILLIAM H. (60), First Mate, SS Adriatic, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1916, Husband of Louisa Swale, of 7, Farnley Square, Ella St., Hull. Born at Halifax, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
