BORN HULL 15/11/1894. MOTHER CHRISTINA LIVED AT 4 PENNS BUILDINGS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL & 8 FAIR VIEW, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. NAVAL RECORDS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE, UK.
HMS Hawke, British, Edgar class First Class Protected Cruiser. Torpedoed by German submarine U-9 off Aberdeen in the North Sea. The torpedo hit amidships and HMS Hawke capsized within 10 minutes. The destroyer Swift and the steamer Modesta picked up 71 survivors but about 500 crew were lost. Eekelers Dirk 25/01/2006 British Light cruiser torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-9. She was part of the 12th Cruiser Squadron and had met with HMS Endymion so she could collect mail. An account of the sinking by a U-Boat crew member : http://www.warships.net/royalnavy/losses/hawk e-sinking.htm) Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62228
