Regiment: MM S/S "Benlarig" (Leith)

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Daltry, William James
Able Seaman
MM S/S "Benlarig" (Leith)
10, LIZZIE GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Liverpool Street
       
Died on
02/04/1917
       
Aged
59
BORN CARDIFF 1858. SON OF GEORGE DALTRY (1832-1902) AND MARY WILLIAMS (1827-1872). HE MARRIED SUSAN JACOBSON (1854-1935) IN HULL, IN MARCH 1916. WIFE SUSAN DALTRY LIVED AT 10, LIZZIE GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. On April 2nd, 1917, the British steel cargo ship BENLARIG, […]
Fleet, Charles Edward
Bosun
MM S/S "Benlarig" (Leith)
BRAM LEA, THE PADDOCK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
The Paddock, Anlaby Park
       
Died on
02/04/1917
       
Aged
29
BORN GORLESTON-ON-SEA, SUFFOLK, 13/03/1888. SON OF GEORGE BENJAMIN FLEET (1853-1937) & ANNA MARIA WATSON (1856-1924), OF  'BRAM LEA' THE PADDOCK, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 11/05/1904 AGED 16. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS.  LOST ON THE S/S BENLARIG, 02/04/1917, AGED 29. H […]
Tindall, John William
Sailor
MM S/S "Benlarig" (Leith)
114 , FRANCIS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Francis Street
       
Died on
02/04/1917
       
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & THE LATE FRANCIS TINDALL. PRESUMED DROWNED. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. On April 2nd, 1917, the British steel cargo ship BENLARIG, left Fremantle for Colombo with a cargo of wheat in bags and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. 37 CREW LOST. Benlarig was a Bine Line cargo requisitioned by […]