BORN HULL 1895. SON OF BENJAMIN HILL (1858-1938) & PHOEBE ANN GOTHARD (1866-1939), AT 6 SALFORD AVENUE, MANCHESTER STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. SON OF A SHIP BOILER SMITH. HE WORKED AS A STREET TRADER (1911 CENSUS). SEREVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST AT SEA, ON 27/03/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
Expedient, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 145 tons. On March 28th, 1917, Expedient was scuttled by the German submarine UC-75 (Johannes Lohs), in the North Sea. The crew was ordered to the lifeboats, but none were seen again. 10 persons were lost.
CREW LOST ON EXPEDIENT (H219), enemy action, North Sea, 27th March, 1917.
ADAMS, John (19), 12 Ivy Grove, Rugbt St. Cook
ASKEY, Henry (55), 158 Somerset St, Hull. Mate
BEE, George (29), 6 Thorsby-Ave, Flinton St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
ELLIS, Benjamin (52), Address not traced. Skipper
HENDERSON, George (31), 89 Westbourne St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
HILL, Daniel (21), 6 Salford-Avenue, Manchester St, Hull. Fireman
JACKSON, J (50), 15 Newbridge Road, Hull. 4th/Hand
TOWNEND, Charles (50), 17 Westbourne St, Hull. Bosun
WATSON, John (57), 38 Whitty St, Hull. Chief Engineer
WOODHEAD, Thomas (37), 7 Alpha Terrace, Nornabell St, Hull. Stoker 1st Class
