BORN TOXTETH 1891. SON OF ELIZABETH ROSSER. LIVED SHEERNESS IN 1911. BROTHER ARTHUR DIED ON SAME SHIP. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. HIS BROTHER DIED WITH HIM ON THE SAME SHIP.
THAMES SS was a British Steam Coaster of 403 tons built in 1910 by Goole Sb. & Repg. Co., Ltd., Goole for Dale Coasters, Ltd. (Lythgoe, Amundsen & Co.), Hull (Newcastle). She was listed as missing on the 14th August 1917 when carrying a cargo of pig iron from Middleborough to Fecamp. She was sunk by german submarine UC-63 by gunfire and lost with all 10 hands. ref. used:www.uboat.net
People on board People on board SS THAMES123 1. CARLING, JOHN GATENBY (51), Master, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Father of Mrs. K. G. Hardie, of 249, Whitehall Rd., Gateshead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. ERSKINE, JOHN CHARLES (34), First Engineer, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Husband of Louisa Erskine, of 30, Eastfield St., Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. HUNTER, JAMES (51), Fireman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Husband of Annie Hunter, of 23, Maltings Rigg, Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. MACLEAY, DONALD (26), Leading Seaman (no. 8093A), SS Thames, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/08/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacLeay, of Letters, Lochbroom, Rossshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 5. PESCOD, WILLIAM GEORGE (43), Fireman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of the late Robert and Jane Pescod. Born at Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. PICKERING, ERNEST GEORGE (32), Second Engineer, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of Annie Pickering and the late Joseph Henry Pickering; husband of Mary Jane Pickering (nee Stanford), of 7, Althorp St., Liverpool. Born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. PLASCOS (35), Able Seaman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Born in Spain, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. ROSSER, ARTHUR BREW (24), Cook, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rosser (nee Brew), of 43, Bundoran Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. ROSSER, BENJAMIN (26), Mate, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rosser (nee Brew), of 43, Bundoran Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. SIERRA , Able Seaman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Born in Spain, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. SIMPSON, RICHARD (19), Able Seaman (no. Tyneside Z/5589), SS Thames, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †14/08/1917, Son of Ralph and Christina Simpson, of 42, Edith Street, Tynemouth, North Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 12. WRIGHT, SAMUEL (42), Second Mate, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, (Served as MACDONALD). Son of the late Samuel and Charlotte Wright; husband of Honor Wright (nee Feeney), of 10, Villiers St. Sunderland. Born in Ireland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58389
