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

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Lane, Ronald Edward
Radio Operator
MM S/S "Cambric" (Hull)
, CHELTENHAM, , GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
       
Died on
31/10/1917
       
Aged
18
BORN LONG EATON, 1899. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ADELINE SARAH LANE, CHELTENHAM. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 18. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on […]
Nolan, Vincent Michael
Able Seaman
MM S/S "Cambric" (Hull)
8 , MILL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Mill Street
       
Died on
31/10/1917
       
Aged
14
BORN HULL 1903. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM & ANN NOLAN. CROWNED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 14. HIS BROTHER, PTE EDWARD NOLAN, EYR, WAS ALSO KILLED, ON 04/11/1914, AGED 21. BOTH ARE LISTED ON THE HULL BOYS CLUB MEMORIAL, ROPER STREET. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. The Briti […]
Oxtoby, John Rowland
Cook
MM S/S "Cambric" (Hull)
6 FREDERICK TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Nornabell Street
       
Died on
31/10/1917
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. PARENTS JOHN &THE LATE ANNIE OXTOBY, HULL, AUNTIE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH LIVED 11 MILFORD ST. FILEY. DROWNED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION, NEAR ALGIERS, ON 31/101/1917, AGED 21. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Al […]
Pearson, Edgar Allan
Chief Engineer
MM S/S "Cambric" (Hull)
5 , WORDSWORTH AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Wordsworth Avenue
       
Died on
31/10/1917
       
Aged
42
BORN HULL 1875. SON OF WILLIAM & JOSEPHINE (WALKER). WIFE ELIZABETH PEARSON LIVED AT THIS PROBATE AND CWGC ADDRESS. CHIEF ENGINEER. DROWNED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917. AGED 42. HIS LEFT £327 IN HIS WILL TO THOMAS, CAPES, CLERK TO THE MINISTRY OF FOOD, AND CHARLES WARD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURA […]
Romero, Paul
Fireman
MM S/S "Cambric" (Hull)
, ARGENTINA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Argentina
       
Died on
31/10/1917
       
Aged
21
BORN ARGENTINA 1896. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. UNTRACED. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captain and 23 of the crew were killed. Four men were taken prisoner […]
Shallcross, William Henry
Greaser
MM S/S "Cambric" (Hull)
4 GRANVILLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Bean Street
       
Died on
31/10/1917
       
Aged
57
BORN NEW HOLLAND, LINCS 1860. SON OF THOMAS SHALLCROSS (1834-1864) AND EMMA DOUGHTY (1839-1901). HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1880. HIS WIFE ANN ELIZABETH HORTON (1860-1919), LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN, EIGHT OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA SINCE 16 YEARS OLD AND WORKED AS A MARINE FIREMAN. HE SERVED ON THE ST […]
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