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 […]
BORN HULL 1901. NO CENSUS RECORDS. MERCHANT SAILOR ON THE SHIP "GRODNO". DIED OF TYPHUS FEVER, IN RUSSIA (Novorossiysk), ON 13/01/1920, AGED 18 (ADDRESS & DETAILS FROM THE UK REGISTER OF SEAMAN). NO CWGC RECORD. DEATH LISTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST MARYS MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE. Jan Lettens 13/08/2010 O […]
Trimmer
BORN OSLO, NORWAY, 8th JULY 1874. SON OF PAUL OTTO GOTTLIEB ROJAHN (1854-1888) & LENA GUDMUNDSEN (1852-1883). HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL IN 1907. HUSBAND OF KATE ELIZA (STEBBIN) ROJAHN (, AT 155 WALKER STREET, HULL. (HULL MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS). SERVED AS A FIREMAN AND TRIMMER ON THE S/S "COLORADO". COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HIL […]
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.
