BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN PENGE & ELIZA (SMITH). A SHIP FIREMAN.
MARRIED HULL 1902. WIFE ALICE MAUD PENGE (NEE YOUNG) & 3 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 9, DANES CRESCENT, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, LOST AT SEA, ON THE “KILLINGHOLME”, 27/04/1916, AGED 34.
COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVON, UK.
HIS NAME IS INCLUDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
Launched By Eales Shipbuilders, Hull, on 24th February, 1912, the double paddle steamer, HMS Killingholme, was used as a Humber Ferry Service. It was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a sea plane carrier, to intercept airships, in March 1916. On 27th April 1916, it suffered major damage while on an anti-zeppelin patrol, overnight in the Humber. There are conflicting accounts of what happened with some claiming that the ship hit a mine and others claiming the ship was hit by a torpedo from a German submarine. Regardless, 18 crew members were killed including four members of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service. The attempts at intercepting airships were not successful and Killingholme was returned to her owners 21st April 1917. Killingholme went on to become an important seaplane carrier.
