Donkeyman
BORN STOCKHOLME 1875. SON OF ANNA & OSCAR ADOLF INGBERG. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. On October 20th, 1917, the British steamer SS Colorado, on a voyage from Hull to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & coke, was sunk by the German submarine UB-31 (Thomas Bieber), 1.5 miles east of Start Point. 4 persons were […]
1st Engineer
40 RICHMOND TERRACE, LIDDELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/10/1917
Aged
35
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JARVIS & CAROLINE MILNER - ABOVE 1891. LISTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL. NO TRACE ON CWGC. Jan Lettens 13/08/2010 On October 20th, 1917, the British steamer SS Colorado, on a voyage from Hull to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & coke, was sunk by the German submarine UB-31 (Thomas Bieber), 1.5 miles east of Start […]
Trimmer
BORN OSLO, NORWAY, 1874. SON OF OTTO ROJAHN. HUSBAND OF KATE ROJAHN, AT 155 WALKER STREET, HULL. (HULL MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS). COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK.. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN ROJAHN, 12TH EYR WAS KILLED ON 13/11/1916, AGED 44. On October 20th, 1917, the British steamer SS Colorado, on a voyage fro […]
Fourth Engineer Officer
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOSEPH EDWIN STRETTON & FLORENCE (MARKHAM) OF SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). KILLED AT SEA, ON 20/08/1917, AGED 21. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/1917, BY HIS PARENTS, BROTHER, COUSIN AND SWEETHEART, GLADYS.