BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN EDWARD & FLORENCE ADA JOHNSON ABOVE ADDRSS. COAL TRIMMER ON THE STAEM TRAWLER ‘SABRINA’. LOST AT SEA ON21/05/1915, WITH NINE CREW. DROWNED AGED 17. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR WAS LOST ON SAME SHIP, AGED 15 YEARS.
Sabrina (H 346) FV was a British registered fishing vessel of 179grt that was probably mined by the cruiser Hamburg when 160 miles ENE of Spurn Head Light Vessel.
ref. used: CREW LOST ON SABRINA (H346), struck mine, 160 miles E. N. E. of Spurn, 21st May, 1915.
ABBOTT, H (22), 47 Witty st, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
BLANCHARD, William (43), 39 Clifton-ter, Hull. Skipper
FRY, S (21), 7 Devon st, Hull. 2nd/Hand
HAMILTON, Herbert (34), Claremont-ave, Beecroft st, Hull. 3rd/Hand
JOHNSON, Arthur (15), 343 Hawthorne-ave, Hull. Deckhand
JOHNSON, John (17), 343 Hawthorne-ave, Hull. Fireman
MORRIS, William (34), 7 Trent-ave, Eastbourne st, Hull. Bosun
SHAW, J. H (48), 13 Carrington st, Hull. Chief Engineer
TUNGATE, Arthur (53), 41 Eastbourne st, Hull. Cook
Johnson, John Edward
First name:
JOHN EDWARD
Regiment:
Rank:
Trimmer
Date Died
21/05/1915
Place died:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age:
17
