BORN HULL 1884. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH RICHARD HUNTER (1856-1904) AND EMILY MOULD (1856-1937), OF 5, ST ANDREW VILLAS, PRINCES ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A JOINER AND SHIP’S CARPENTER.
MARRIED AT HULL, IN JULY 1915. HUSBAND OF MARY JANE FOULSTON AT 36, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). LOST AT SEA, ON 01/08/1916, AGED 32. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS & ON ST JOHNS, NEWLAND, WW1 MEMORIAL, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
The British cargo/passenger vessel S/S Aaro was sunk on 1st August 1916, by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 25 miles SW of Stavanger. Aaro was on her way from Hull to Christiania. There were 3 casualties.
1. HUNTER (32), Carpenter, SS Aaro, Mercantile Marine, †01/08/1916, Husband of Mrs. Hunter, of 36, Edgcumbe St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. PROCTOR, EDWARD (66), Mess Room Steward, SS Aaro, Mercantile Marine, †01/08/1916, Son of the late Samuel and Ann Proctor; husband of Sarah Ann Proctor (nee Frankish), of 75, Hawthorn Avenue, Hull. Born at Boston, Lincs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. SIDDLE, THOMAS (29), Ship’s Cook, SS Aaro, Mercantile Marine, †01/08/1916, Husband of Kate Hayes (formerly Siddle), of 3, Princes Walk, Craven St., Holderness Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
