BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM AGNES AND MARY HANNAH HUZZARD, 80 WALCOTT STREET. MARRIED HULL 1912. HIS WIFE ETHEL (LYONS) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE WAS A TIMBER SAWYER BY TRADE BEFORE THE WAR. SERVED AT SEA. LOST WITH ALL HANDS ON THE STEAM TRAWLER ‘SEBASTIAN’, ON 22/05/1915, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES 19/06/1915.
NB: JOHN JOSEPH AGNES, MINESWEEPERS – 66 EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL.
On May 22nd, 1915, the British steel trawler SEBASTIAN left Hull, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. All nine crew are commemorated on the Tower Hill Naval Memorial, London.
CREW LOST ON SEBASTIAN (H888), missing in the North Sea, 22nd May, 1915.
AGNES, W. A (26), 12 Arthurs-Terrace, Walcott St, Hull. Trimmer
COWLING, Frederick (23), 13 Seaton-Terrace, Walcott St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
ELLIS, Herbert (26), 12 Fern-Grove, Eastbourne St, Hull. Cook
FLEY, Albert (28), 11 Welton-ter, Wassand St, Hull. Bosun
GILLARD, Arthur (16), 34 Edinburgh St, Hull. Apprentice
JACKSON, John (38), 45 Harrow St, Hull. Skipper
SMITH, John (34), 5 Claremont-Villas, Scarborough St, Hull. Chief Engineer
TINDALE, John (37), Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby. 3rd/Hand
WINCHESTER, James (26), Hilda’s-Terrace, Westbourne St, Hull. 2nd/Hand
Agnes, William Alfred
First name:
WILLIAM ALFRED
Regiment:
Rank:
Trimmer
Date Died
22/05/1915
Place died:
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age:
26
12 ARTHUR'S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
