BORN HULL 11/01/1897. SON OF JAMES & BECKY SMITH, OF 32 JAMES STREET, HULL. LEFT FIANCEE, CISSIE, OF 121, PERTH STREET, HULL. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 04/03/1918.
The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of coke. ref. used:Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam.
1. ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (25), Leading Seaman (no. Clyde Z/6604), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of Robert and Elizabeth Glen Anderson, of Speeds Buildings, Whines of Milton, Stirling, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. BLAKEY, JOSEPH S., Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 3. BONNER, ERNEST EDWARD, Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. Master mariner. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 4. BOYLE, FRANK B., Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 5. CAMERON, ALEXANDER, Second Engineer, SS Harrogate, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 6. CAPE, HENRY, Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. Father of Harold, John, Nellie and Alice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 7. COOK, HARRY, Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. Husband of Alice Cook, nee Dudding. Eldest son of H and F Cook, Oxen. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 8. FAIRWEATHER, JOHN KERR (21), Able Seaman (no. Clyde 2/227), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of David Fairweather (Lieut. and Q.M.R. Scottish Rifles), and Joanna Fairweather, of 61, Reform St., Dundee, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. FELLOWES, CHARLES EDWARD, Steward, Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 2 February 1919] 10. GALVIN, MICHAEL (28), Seaman (no. 5596A), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of John and Kate Galvin of 18. Windmill St., Limerick, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 11. HARMER, SAMUEL SYDNEY (17), Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 2 February 1919] 12. WAINWRIGHT, C., Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail. Thursday, 20 February 1919] 13. WARD, JOHN VALENTINE, Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. Master mariner. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 20 February 1919] 14. WEBSTER, SYDNEY, Harrogate SS, †20/02/1918, In memoriam notice. [Hull Daily Mail, Thursday, 2 February 1919] Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133899
