Lawton, John

BORN HULL 1875. SON OF JAMES THOMAS LAWTON AND ZELA STEAD. HUSBAND OF MARTHA ANN DUNHAM (1874-1915). THEY HAD FOUR SONS. HE SERVED AS COOK ,ON THE SS “VASCO”, LOST AT SEA, ON 16/11/1916, AGED 41. HIS PROBATE ADDRESS  WAS 7 ETHELS GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL.
SS Vasco, built by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1895 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.914 tons. 280x40x19.2 feet; 188 n.h.p. triple expansion engine. On November 16th, 1916, Vasco, on a voyage from Hull to Naples with general cargo, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-16 (Egon von Werner), 10 miles WxS of Beachy Head. 17 persons were lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS VASCO123
BRIDEGROOM, GEORGE WILLIAM (44), Boatswain, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of the late Frederick and Katherine Bridegroom; husband of Mary Ann Bridegroom (nee Arnold), of 7, Wilberforce Grove, Northumberland Avenue, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BROOKS, H V , Ordinary Seaman, Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BURTON, JOHN HENRY (18), Engineer’s Steward, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of Frederick Henry and Annie Elizabeth Burton, of 36, Goulton St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
COOPER, LEONARD WILLIAM (52), Third Engineer, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Husband of Annie Cooper, of 8, Byron St., Westcott St., Hull. Born at Leeds, Memorial: Bexhill Cemetery
COOPER, LEONARD WILLIAM (34), Sailor, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of the late Leonard William and Annie Cooper; husband of Laura Cooper (nee Hangmann), of 182, Mersey St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
COULTER, WILLIAM ALEX (24), Able Seaman (no. Clyde 4/2093), S.S. Vasco, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †16/11/1916, Son of William and Helen Coulter, of 11, Aitkenhead Rd., Glasgow, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
DONALDSON, WILLIAM (45), Master, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Husband of Isabel Edith Donaldson, of 98 De La Pole Avenue, Anlaby Road, Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull General Cemetery, Memorial: Hull Northern Cemetery
FOSTER, ROBERT HENRY (23), Able Seaman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Son of Henry and Emily Foster, of 10A, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Born at Seaton, Yorks, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
FRENCH, T (36), Fireman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born at Nottingham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
JOHNSON, JOHN WILLIAM (46), Donkeyman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Husband of J.W. Johnson, of 15, Stanley St., Railway Rd., King’s Lynn, Memorial: Frinton-On-Sea (St. Mary) Churchyard
LAWTON, J (41), Ship’s Cook, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born at Hull, 6 Ethel Grove, Liverpool Street, Hull. Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
MADSEN, NEILS (23), Fireman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born in Denmark, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NIMBLEY, T (20), Fireman, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/1916, Born at Lagos, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
PRESS, ALBERT REGINALD (30), Second Engineer, S.S. Vasco, Mercantile Marine, †16/11/