BORN HULL 1872. SON OF SAMUEL HARWOOD (1843-1907) AND MARIA MAYES. A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE MARRIED ADA CECILIA WILSON (1872-1928), AT HULL’S HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ON 13/07/1893. THEY HAD FIVE SONS. LIVING AT 7 AIRLIE STREET, THE BOULEVARD, HULL. HE WAS LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP ‘TORO’ ON 12/04/1917, AGED 45. HE LEFT £212 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, ADA.
Note: His son, Samuel Edgar Harwood, served as 10/501, with the 8th (Service) Battalion Formed at Beverley on 22 September 1914, and came under orders of 62nd Brigade, 21st Division. 9 September 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 16 November 1915 : transferred to 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. Killed in action, on 19/07/1916, aged 21.
SS Toro, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3066 tons.
On April 12th, 1917, Toro, on a voyage from Alexandria to Hull with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-55 (Wilhelm Werner), 200 miles WNW of Ushant (Ouessant). 14 persons were lost.
1. ANDERSSON, CHARLES (37), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of Olaus Andersson, of Karlskrona, Sweden, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. BATEMAN, LEONARD ADDEY (15), Assistant Steward, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/03/1917, Son of Alice Bateman, of 42, Raywell St., Hull, and the late Sam Walmsley Bateman, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. CROCKETT, JOHN MOLYNEUX (25), Third Engineer, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of John Molyneux Crockett and Louisa Crockett; husband of Elsie May Crockett (nee Addey), of 42, Queensgate St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. HARDY, JAMES WHITE (46), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Hardy; husband of Harriett Hardy (nee Barlow), of 16, Susannah Terrace, Lee Smith St., Hull. Born at Bridlington, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
5. HARDY, JOSEPH EDWARD (29), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Hardy, of 3, Woodhouse St., Hedon Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. HARWOOD, SAMUEL WILLIAM (45), Chief Engineer, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Husband of Ada Cecilia Harwood, of 7, Airlie St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. LLOYD (46), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/191
8. MOORHOUSE, ELIJAH (15), Cadet, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of Mr. Moorhouse, of Langlands, Parkgate, Rotherham. Born at Rotherham,
9. OLSSON, ERIK HJALMAR (34), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of Klara Olsson, of Lansmansgarden, Malmkoping, Sweden. Born in Sweden.
10. OXENDALE, ALFRED (24), Assistant Cook, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of William Francis and Charlotte Ann Oxendale, of 5, Green Crescent, Green Lane, Hull,
11. SHARPE, WILLIAM HENRY (37), Steward, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, 12/04/1917, Son of the late William Henry and Helen Sharpe; husband of Caroline Ausinder
