BORN GRIMSBY 1886. WIFE ELIZABETH CAROLINE ABOVE ADDRESS FROM CWGC RECORDS AND THE 1918 ABSENT VOTERS REGISTER. HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY ENEMY SUBMARINE ON 6TH AUGUST 1918. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, AGED 32 AND LEFT £218 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
BIRUTA SS was 1,733grt and a defensively-armed steamship built in1889 by Palmer, Jarrow, England as the Marpessa a British cargo steamer for J. , London. In 1911 she was renamed BIRUTA SS when purchased by P. Danneberg. On the 6 August 1918, 8 miles Nw ¾ W from Calais, torpedoed or mined and sunk, 12 lives lost including Master. ref. used:www.uboat.net Jan Lettens 27/08/2008 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board People on board SS BIRUTA123 1. HUDSON, FREDERICK (32), Second Engineer, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, °1885 ~ †06/08/1918, Husband of Elizabeth Caroline Hudson, of 95, Melrose St., Kingston-upon-Hull. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. LEWIS, REGINALD GEORGE (14), Mess Room Boy, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Son of Martha Lewis, of 46, Vale St., Barry, Glam, and the late David Lewis, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. LIDDIATT, JOHN FREDERICK (17), Cabin Boy, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Son of Rose Alice Liddiatt (nee Short), of 43, Station St., Barry, Glam, and the late Gilbert Augustus Stanley Liddiatt. Born at Crewe, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. MANKTELOW, ALFRED JOHN (40), Ship’s Cook, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Husband of Anita Manktelow (formerly Dowle, nee Dunstan), of 74, Pearl St., Splott, Cardiff. Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. MOSS, EDWIN (21), Able Seaman, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Son of Amelia Wells (formerly Moss), of 490, Whamcliffe Gardens, St. John’s Wood, London. Born at Eastleigh, Hants, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. PETER, TOM , Fireman, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. ROWLEY, SAMUEL (57), Fireman, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, °1861 ~ †06/08/1918, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rowley; husband of Margaret Jane Rowley (nee Sullivall), of 14, Foster St., Cadoxton, Barry, Glam. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. SENISCAL, WILLIAM BUTLER (48), Master, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, °1870 ~ †06/08/1918, Son of Mary and Rueben Seniscal; husband of Ellen Seniscal, of 89, Coltman St., Hull. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. STAPLETON, PATRICK (50), Fireman, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. TERKMAN, EDWARD (40), Able Seaman, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Born in Russia, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. THOMAS, JAMES BIRD (50), Steward, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas; husband of Cecilia Minnie Thomas (nee Francis), of 40, Harvey St., Cadoxton, Barry, Glam. Born at Shrewsbury, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. WILLIAMS, HENRY (22), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Biruta, Mercantile Marine, †06/08/1918, Born at Turk’s Island, British West Indies, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10992
