Regiment: MM S/S "Harrogate"

Born North Shields, Northumberland, 1881. Chief Engineer on the steam ship, 'Harrogate'. The British cargo ship Harrogate SS, foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of coke. He died at sea, aged 37. He left £239 in his will to Marth Elizabeth Blakey, wid […]

BORN ABERDEEN 1867. HE WORKED AS A MARINE ENGINEER IN HULL (1901 CENSUS), BOARDING AT 109 BEAN STREET, WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE ALICE, WHO WAS 15 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM. HIS WIFE ALICE CAMERON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, WHEN HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. HE WAS SECOND ENGINEER, ON THE CARGO SHIP 'HARROGATE', WHICH FOUNDE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE ELIZABETH CAPE. BROTHER OF JOHN CAPE, AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/02/1918. (NO CWGC RECORD0. A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HENRY CAPE, SERVED ON THE CARGO SHIP, 'HARROGATE', MINED 50 MILES OFF THE NORWEGIAN COAST, ON PASSAGE FROM HULL TO BERGEN, WITH A CARGO OF COKE […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM COOK AND JANE WESTBROOK. A RAILWAY WAGON EXAMINER.HIS WIFE ALICE (DUDDING) & THREE DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 11 HILLS TERRACE. WEST PARADE (1911 CENSUS), AND THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL.   The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on Febru […]

BORN HULL 16/09/1868. SON OF CHARLES ROBERT FELLOWES AND HANNAH OSBOURN. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 25/12/1886. SERVED ON THE WILSON LINE FOR 30 YEARS. HE MARRIED AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, ON 07/01/1891. HIS WIFE KATE (CUTSWORTH) & 3 CHILDREN LIVED AT 102 , REGENT STREET, HULL. HE WAS […]

BORN SELBY 1901. LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER AMELIA HARMER, OF ,3 MYRTLE GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. ALSO, LIVED AT  8, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, WITH ROBERT HARMER, ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS, (1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). LOST AT SEA ON 20/02/1918, AGED 16. LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE NAVAL MEMORIAL. COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH M […]

BORN PHILADELPHIA, USA 1876. MARRIED IN  HULL ON 23/05/1904. HUSBAND OF ELIZA TAYLOR WHITTAKER. THEY LIVED AT 9 CAVILL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. HIS SHIP WAS MINED OFF NORWAY. HE LEFT A WIDOW, THREE SONS AND FOUR DAUGHTERS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22ND MARCH 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * THERE IS NO CWGC RECOR […]

BORN HULL 11/01/1897. SON OF JAMES & BECKY SMITH, OF 32 JAMES STREET, HULL. LEFT FIANCEE, CISSIE, OF 121, PERTH STREET, HULL. DEATH REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 04/03/1918. The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of cok […]

BORN HULL 1885. SON OF BAKER WAINWRIGHT (1848-1924) & MARY JANE MADDICK (1855), OF 38 HAVELOCK STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. SON AN ENGINE DRIVER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A CARPENTER AND SHIPWRIGHT. HUSBAND OF LILY BROOK OF 82 EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. BROTHER OF TOM WAINWRIGHT, ANOTHER SEAMAN AT 6 WEST DOCK T […]