Regiment: MM S/S "Aaro" (Hull)

BORN HULL 1884. WIFE MRS HUNTER ABOVE. CWGC ADDRESS. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British cargo/passenger vessel S/S Aaro was sunk on 1st August 1916, by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 25 miles SW of Stavanger. Aaro was on her way from Hull to Christiania. There were 3 casualties. […]

BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1850. SON OF SAMUEL & ANN PROCTOR. WIFE SARAH ANN (FRANKISH) LIVED AT 75 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. A MESS ROOM STEWARD ON THE WILSON LINE PASSENGER SHIP "AARO". DIED AT SEA, ON 01/08/1916, AGED 66. HIS BROTHER, DAVID WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA, SERVING ON THE S/S SERBINO 13/06/1916. THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HU […]

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF HENRY SIDDLE AND SARAH ELIZABETH BAXTER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. MARRIED 1912. WIFE KATE (HAYES) LIVED AT 3 PRINCES WALK, CRAVEN STREET, HULL AND 2 WESTBOURNE AVENUE, GLOUCESTER STREET, GIPSYVILLE (HDM ADDRESS 30/08/1916). THEY HAD A SON NAMED REGINALD (1914-1882). HE SERVED AS A COOK ON THE WILSON LINE […]