BORN HULL 13/12/1896. SON OF CHARLES ALBERT KINSLEY (1873-1929) & ELLEN MORAY MELVIN (1876-1930), OF 126, FLINTON STREET, HULL(1911 CENSUS), 5, HERBERT;S TERRACE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & 11 FORSYTHE PLACE, CROMARTY, SCOTLAND. (NAVAL RECORDS ADRRESS). SON OF AN ENGINE DRIVER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE SERVED AS A TRIMMER, ON THE TRAWLER, “TOWHEE”. LOST AT SEAN, ON 15/06/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVLA MEMORIAL, KENT AND AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
Built by GOOLE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIRING CO. LTD., GOOLE (Dutch River) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching, Hull as the TOWHEE (H987); Yard No 111; Launch Date: 04/1908; Completed June 1908; Requisitioned by Admiralty in WW1; Lost without trace while on escort duty in the English Channel on 15 June 1917 Also reported as ´probable struck a mine´ & ´Skipper Ellison RNR´ James Webster, 18 Argyle Square , Wick. Lost at sea on HMT Towhee, 15th June, 1917. Fisherman’s War ref. used:Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust, http://www.gooleships.co.uk
People on board HMT TOWHEE123 1. BISSET, GEORGE , Engineman (no. 4718ES), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. ELLISON, FREDERICK THOMAS (40), Skipper, HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Husband of Maud Caroline Ellison, of 8, Irene Crescent, Flinton St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. FISH, HENRY WHITE , Engineman (no. 831ES), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. HALL, WILLIAM , Deck Hand (no. 1587DA), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. HORNER, WILLIAM , Deck Hand (no. 2015DA), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. IRVINE, NORMAN , Deck Hand (no. 11703DA), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. KING, ALFRED HEDLEY (23), Leading Deck Hand (no. 3489DA), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Son of Valentine George and Alice Dinah King, of Ilketshall St. Margaret, Bungay, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. KINSLEY, PERCY , Trimmer (no. 2420ST), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. MCNESBY, VICTOR WILLIAM (29), Deck Hand (no. 11442DA), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Son of the late Henry John and Mary McNesby, of Gosport, Hants; husband of Kate Louisa McNesby, of 75, Railway View, Fratton, Portsmouth, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 10. SUMMERS, HARRY , Trimmer (no. 749TS), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 11. WEBSTER, JAMES (47), Second Hand (no. 4146B), HMT Towhee, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/06/1917, Son of John Webster, of Wick; husband of Christina M. Webster, of 18, Argyle Square, Wick, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136731
