BORN SOUTHAMPTON 1886. WIFE HANNAH CURTIS LIVED ABOVE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH.
Romeo was a 1,730grt defensively-armed British merchant steamer. On the 3 March 1918 when 7 miles South from Mull of Galloway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a submarine. 29 lives lost, including Master. They included from Hull:
ANDERSON, HERBERT (21), Assistant Cook, S.S. Romeo, Son of Robert Turner Anderson, of Ethelreda Mission House, Trippett St., Hull, and the late Martha Anderson,
BLAIR, GEORGE (36), Third Engineer, S.S. Romeo, Son of Agnes Blair and the late Robert Blair; husband of Elsie Blair (nee Fisher), of 16, Blenheim St., Hull. Born at St. Andrews,
LONGLEY, JOHN BLYTH (60), Second Engineer, Son of the late Thomas Blyth Longley and Isabella Longley; husband of Mary Ann Longley (nee Waterhouse), of 9, Renoldson St., Newland, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
MIDDLETON, JOHN WILLIAM (20), Mess Room Steward, Son of William and Hannah Mary Middleton, of 25, Normabell St., Holderness Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial:
NEALE, JAMES (48), Master, Romeo, Son of the late George and Mary Neale; husband of Selina Neale, of Ingleton, Harland Way, Cottingham, Yorks, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
PITTS, ALBERT (43), Chief Officer, Son of the late William and Ann Pitts; husband of Rose Pitts (nee Wilson), of 195, The Boulevard, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
WILLIAMS, BERTRAM PERCY (32), Steward, Son of Louisa Williams, and the late Frederick Joseph Williams; husband of Hannah Williams (nee Curtis), of 63, Westminster Avenue, Hull. Born at Southampton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Williams, Bertram Percy
First name:
BERTRAM PERCY
Regiment:
Rank:
Steward
Date Died
03/03/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
32
