BORN HULL 1882. SON OF ISSAC (1849-1912) & ROSAMOND JANE OWST READMAN (1843-1912), OF MYTON, HULL. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1905, AGED 23. WIFE ANNIE HARRIS READMAN, LIVED AT 58 WEST PARADE, HULL. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS BROTHER ERNEST WORKED ON THE DOCKS IN HULL AND DIED IN HULL, IN 1917, AGED 39.
Greatham SS was a 2.338grt, defensively armed British Merchant ship. On the 22nd January 1918 when 3 miles SE from Dartmouth, Devon, England she was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine UB-31 and sunk. 7 killed. Vessel was on route from Grimsby to Blaye.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS GREATHAM
1. AUSTIN, ALEXANDER (21), Sailor, SS Greatham, Mercantile Marine, 22/01/1918, Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. CARTER, ALBERT (44), Ship’s Cook, SS Greatham, Mercantile Marine, 22/01/1918, Son of Emily Carter and the late Albert Carter; husband of Eleanor Carter (nee Gilmore), of 32, Old Cartergate, Grimsby. Born in Herefordshire, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. NAGI ALI , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Greatham, Indian Merchant Service, 22/01/1918, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai
4. PEGGS, ARTHUR CLIFFORD SYDNEY (18), Wireless Operator, SS Greatham, Mercantile Marine, 22/01/1918, Son of Arthur Robt. Peggs, of Seascape, Grand Parade, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Born at Manor Park, Essex, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
5. READMAN, HERBERT ISAAC (35), Boatswain, SS Greatham, Mercantile Marine, 22/01/1918, Son of Isaac and the late Rosomond Readman; husband of Annie Readman (nee Harris), of 58, West Parade, Spring Bank, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. SALEH YAHYA , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Greatham, Indian Merchant Service, 22/01/1918, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai
7. SOUTH, FRANK ARTHUR (47), First Mate, SS Greatham, Mercantile Marine, 22/01/1918, Son of Jane Elizabeth South and the late Arthur Edwin South; husband of Jessie South (nee Pearce), of 2, West View, Acklam Rd., Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Born at Bristol, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
