Ridsdill, John Henry

BORN TADCASTER 20/10/1867. SON OF HENRY & ANN RIDSDILL. FISHERMAN AND TRAWLER SKIPPER. MARRIED IN HULL 1899. WIFE SARAH (LAMB), & 12 CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. LOST AT SEA, ON 27/10/1917, AGED 50.
Husband of Sarah Ridsdill, of 28, Gillett St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery.
Strymon, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull in 1899 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 198 tons.
On October 27th, 1917, Strymon was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-11 (Karl Dobberstein), off the Shipwash lightvessel. 10 persons were lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT STRYMON
1. AVIS, FREDERICK JOSEPH CUTTS (20), Deck Hand (no. 14636DA), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Son of Frederic Cutts Avis, of West Mersea, Colchester, Chatham Memorial
2. BAWDEN, WILLIAM ALMA HUGH , Trimmer (no. 2226ST), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917,
3. BRIGGS, LUKE , Trimmer (no. 3289TS), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. DOCHERTY, ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND , Trimmer (no. 2536ST), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
5. MASON, THOMAS , Engineman (no. 793ES), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917. Chatham Naval Memorial
6. O’ROURKE, JOHN (23), Deck Hand (no. 5559A), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Son of William and Margaret O’Rourke, of Dunabratton, Annestown, Co. Waterford,
7. RIDSDILL, JOHN HENRY (50), Skipper, HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Husband of Sarah Ridsdill, of 28, Gillett St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery, Hull Northern Cemetery
8. ROSS, ADAM JAMES JAMIESON (19), Seaman (no. 623L), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Son of James and Mary Ross, of Da’ Noost, Scalloway, Shetland Isles.
9. ROWBOTHAM, ROBERT , Engineman (no. 1400/ES), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Memorial: Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery
10. SMITH, MAGNUS HUGH (25), Seaman (no. 969L), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Son of Gideon Anderson Smith and Jane Smith, of Hillend, Mid Yell, Shetland Isles, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
11. WARING (25), Second Hand (no. 2094SA), HMT Strymon, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/10/1917, Husband of Margaret Waring, of 9, Albert St., Fleetwood, Memorial: Fleetwood Borough Cemetery