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

BORN LINCOLN 1903. SON OF CHARLES & ANNIE BARNES - 171 MALDEN ROAD, COLCHESTER. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and ha […]

BORN HULL 08/03/1883. SON OF WILLIAM BARRON AND EMMA SMITH. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HIS WIFE EMMIE HARE & CHILDREN, LIVED AT SELBY COTTAGE, INGS ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY ON 20/06/19119. HE WAS LOST ON THE S/S GITANO, ON 23/12/1918, AGED 35. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S WOODCOCK STREET ROLL OF […]

LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. ADDRESS UNTRACED. LISTED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recen […]

BORN PLYMOUTH 1876. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and had been running regularly and continuously throughout the Great war. […]

Born Hull 1862. Ships Master. His wife Nellie, lived Ings Road, Hull and this address. "The GITANO was in command of Captain Decent and a crew of 27, and left Hull on December 20th. She should of reached her destination in four days. She has not been heard of since passing Flamborough Head on the evening of the same day. At the request […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JAMES JOSEPH GELENTON (1867-1943) & KATE SHEPERDSON (1870-1954). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE JOINED MESSRS W.H. COCKERLINE AS A SHIP APPRENTICE, AGED 14, ON 6TH JUNE 1910. On 29 June 1916, he was aboard S.S. Teano captured and scuttled by the German Navy. Rescued by the Wilson Line Molina. La […]

BORN BERGEN, SWEDEN 1895. LOST AT SEA. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. LIVED AT 12 CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL ((MERCHANT SEAMAN LOG OF DECEASED SALIORS ADDRESS) Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line st […]

BORN SELBY 1882. SON OF ELIZA COLLINS & THE LATE JAMES HATFIELD. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE MARY BOOTH, AT HULL, IN APRIL 1903. THEY LIVED AT 6 MILTON GROVE, SUBWAY STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS 95 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL, (HDM 26/09/1918), WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The GITANO was posted […]

BORN HULL 1868. SON OF JAMES & MARIA. HUSBAND OF ANNIE AT 24 CLUMBER STREET, HULL. (MERCHANT SEAMAN LOG OF DECEASED SALIORS ADDRESS). LOST BY ENEMY ACTION AS PER HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS SON TOM HEDGECOCK, DIED AT SEA IN 1942. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing F […]

BORN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES,  02/10/1898. HE LIVED AT 46 LOGAN STREET, HULL ? ACCORDING TO THE MERCANT SEAMAN LOG OF DECEASED SAILORS. HE WAS LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP "GITANO" WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STRUCK A MINE, AFTER THE WAR ENDED, ON 23/12/1918. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Li […]

BORN NORWAY, 1872. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recently placed on the Gothenburg - Hull route. […]

BORN NORWAY, 1895. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recently placed on the Gothenburg - Hull route. […]

BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MARY ANN KAY. CWGC ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 16TH JANUARY 1919, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the […]

BORN NORWAY 1875. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recently placed on the Gothenburg - Hull route. She left Hull with a c […]

BORN COPENHAGEN 1896. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recently placed on the Gothenburg - Hull route. She left Hull with a c […]

BORN SWEDEN 1899. SON OF ROBERT EFRAIM OF HOGSJO, OF SWEDEN. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR RECORDS. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and had been running reg […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF ROBERT GEORGE & EMMA RIPPON. WIFE ANNIE (BROMLEY) ABOVE. HIS DEATH IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and h […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JOSEPH HUNSLEY & LATE MABEL ELEANOR HEWITT ROBINSON. DRAPERS ASSISTANT. LOST AT SEA ON THE STEAM SHIP 'GITANO', 23/12/1918, AGED 24. CWGC ADDRESS AND RECORDS. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing Flam […]

BORN GERMANY 1858. LIVED ISLINGTON, LONDON. WIFE EMMA. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and had been running regularly and continuously throu […]

BORN HULL 1901. SON OF JOHN DAVID & SUSAN ELIZABETH SIMKINS. EDUCATED AT BOULEVARD SCHOOL & HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE. LOST ON THE VOYAGE FROM HULL TO GOTHENBURG. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA FOR TWO YEARS AND TWICE TORPEDOED DURING THE WAR. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 16TH JANU […]