People - Regiment: MM S/S "Diplomat"

Crawley, Joseph Henry

Born Hull 1880. Died at sea, on 22/02/1915, aged 34. Son of John William Crawley (1854-1935) and Elisabeth Olivia Langrick (1856-1945).  A Marine Engineer. Married to Lizzie Credington Thompson (1884-1945) and two children living at 6 Togo Crescent, Eastbourne Street, Hull (Probate Address). No CWGC Records. Employed as an engineer. He was drowned possibly off … Read more

Ward, John William

BORN BOSTON, LINCS., 1889. ONLY SON OF EDWARD AND MARY ANN WARD. HE HAD SIX SISTERS. SKIPPER OF THE STEAM SHIP ‘DIPLOMAT’ TORPEDOED ON 15/02/1915. LOST WITH ALL HANDS, INCLUDING MATE, HERBERT GARDINER, FROM RIPON STREET, EAST HULL. AGED 25. HE LEFT A WIDOW, ALICE MAUD HORNBY. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE … Read more

Gardiner, Herbert

BORN HULL 1895. LOST AT SEA WITH ALL HANDS, ON THE STEAM SHIP ‘DIPOLMAT’ TORPEDOED ON 15/02/1915, AGED 20 SS Diplomat Crew Lost: WARD John William, born 1889 Boston, Master GARDINER Herbert, born 1894 Hull, Mate SWANSON Henry, born 1899 Blyth, Cook CRAWLEY J H, born 1880 Hull, Engineer SIMMS H S, born 1887 Gravesend, … Read more