BORN CLAXBY, LINCS, 22/10/1885. SON OF CHARLES MELTON & ANN ELIZA (SELLERS), BANK SIDE. MARRIED HULL 1913 – ELIZA LOUISA (BROWN), OF 60, REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). FORMERLY OF THE EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LOST AT SEA, ON 10/05/1917, AGED 31.
Yard No 494; Launched as LORD PERCY in August 1911; Originally registered at Grimsby and owned by the Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Grimsby; Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a mine-sweeper in February 1915; 10 lives lost On 10/05/1917 she struck a mine and sank off Whitby. The mine was laid by UC-40 (Gustav Deuerlich). ref. used:Carl Racey †, East Coast Shipwreck Research Jan Lettens 04/04/2013 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board People on board HMT LORD RIDLEY123 1. FINCH (25), Second Hand (no. 618/SA), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Husband of Edith Alberta Lawrence (formerly Finch), of 409, Weelsby St., Grimsby, Memorial: Cleethorpes Cemetery 2. HODGMAN, WILLIAM HENRY (39), Skipper, HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Son of Joseph and Eliza Hodgman, of Lowestoft; husband of Emily Hodgman, of 30, Humberstone Rd., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. MELTON, CHARLES WILLIAM (31), Trimmer (no. 5355TS), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Melton, of 28, Sissons St., Bank Side, Hull; husband of the late E. L. Melton, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. MONEY, DAVID , Deck Hand (no. 3905DA), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. MOODY, JAMES (27), Engineman (no. 60TS), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Son of Faith Jensen (formerly Moody), of 32, Lorne St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. MORRILL, CHARLES CYRIL VALENTINE (18), Trimmer (no. 5321TS), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Son of George and Helene Morrill, of 4, Benvistas Avenue, Woodcock St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. NASH, JOHN JAMES , Deck Hand (no. 3293DA), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. SHAW, HARRY (31), Deck Hand (no. 3830DA), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Son of William and Mary Shaw, of Bretby, Derbyshire; husband of Sarah Ann Shaw, of 103, Watkin St., West Marsh, Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. SUTTON, WILLIAM , Deck Hand (no. 3903/DA), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Memorial: Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery 10. WILSON, JAMES (64), Engineman (no. 2133ES), HMT Lord Ridley, Royal Naval Reserve, †10/05/1917, Son of William and Ann Wilson, of North Shields; husband of Christina Wilson, of 19, King Edward St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65789
