BORN HESSLE 1874. MARRIED AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 20/04/1897. HIS WIFE ELIZA PADDISON (1875-1960) LIVED AT 8 SUBWAY STREET, HULL. SON OF GEORGE SELLERS (1842-1903) & ELIZABETH WRIGHT. A MARINE ENGINEER. LOST AT SEA, ON 09/05/1917, AGED 43. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
The fishing vessel, WINDWARD HO (H 692) was a British registered steam trawler of 226 grt. On the 9th May 1917, when 3 miles S from Peterhead, she was mined and sunk by a German U Boat.
CREW LOST ON WINDWARD HO (H692),
BURNHAM, George (45), 31 Rosamond St, Hull. Cook
EDDOM, George (46), Penlee House, Eton St, Hull. Skipper
FOOT, William (25), 7 Myrtle-Grove, Somerset St, Hull. Sparehand
MATSON, William (21), 81 Witty St, Hull. Trimmer
STONES, Albert (27), 58 Haltemprice St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
WATTS, William (45), 1 Robinson-Place, Princes St, Hull. Sparehand
WILSON, William (37), 9 Windsor-Ter, Harrow St, Hull. Bosun
WRIGHT, Joseph (43), 8 Subway St, Hull. Chief Engineer
