BORN HULL 05/09/1885. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH HUNTER AND ISABEL DUGDALE (1868-1935), OF 50 FRANCIS STREET AND 46 MASON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) A FISHERMAN. MARRIED FRANCES MARIA KNUDSON, AT HULL, ON 05/12/1907. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. SERVED AS SECOND HAND ON THE TRAWLER, ‘COTSMUIR’. PRESUMED LOST 02/02/1917, AGED 32. LEFT WIDOW AND DAUGHTER LILY (1910-2009).
On 02/02/1917 the HMT COTSMUIR (FY1537) disappeared on passage from River Tyne to River Humber. All 13 crew were lost. On was service, the ship never fished commercially. The following Hull men were lost in the crew of 13.
GIBBS, GEORGE WHITFIELD (34), Engineman (no. 3708TS), HMT Cotsmuir, Royal Naval Reserve, †02/02/1917, Son of J. C. Gibbs; husband of Mary Elizabeth Gibbs, of 5, Rose Terrace, Constable St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
HUNTER (32), WILLIAM LEVETT, Second Hand (no. 297/DA), HMT Cotsmuir, Royal Naval Reserve, †02/02/1917, Son of Mrs. Isabel Dugdall, of 46, Mason St., Hull, Memorial: Ulrome (St. Andrew) Churchyard
KIRKPATRICK, THOMAS WILLIAM , Trimmer Cook (no. 714TC), HMT Cotsmuir, Royal Naval Reserve, †02/02/1917, Native of Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
STOCKTON, WILLIAM (26), Engineman (no. 3984ES), HMT Cotsmuir, Royal Naval Reserve, †02/02/1917, Son of Mary Stockton, of 35, Tyne St., Hessle Rd., Hull, and the late William Stockton, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial.
Hunter, William Levett
First name:
WILLIAM LEVETT
Military Number:
297
Rank:
2nd Hand
Date Died
02/02/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
32
46 , MASON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
