1st Engineer
6 ABERDEEN TERRACE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
14/05/1918
Aged
60
BORN HULL 1856. SON OF DAVID FOSTER BRITTON (1829-1901) AND MARY JANE WAKE (1831-1912). SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER ON THE STEAM SHIP "IBIS". LOST AT SEA ON 12/05/1918, AGED 60. HE lEFT £440 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW ELIZABETH BRITTON, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. Ibis SS was built in 1898 by Neptun Ag, Rostock, Germany as the Hedwig SS a Germa […]
Master
11 ARLINGTON AVENUE, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
12/05/1918
Aged
46
BORN HULL 1872. SON OF GEORGE & ANNA COOK - 15 FLORENCE VILLAS, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. LISTED AS SHIPS CAPTAIN ON THE HULL ELLERMANS WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. THIS WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £614 TO WIDOW CLARA COOK. IIBIS SS was built in 1898 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany as the HEDWIG SS a German cargo steamer for Flen […]
2nd Officer
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ANNIE AND SAMUEL DAY. LOST AT SEA ON 13/05/1918, AGED 21. 20, JOHN STREET, HULL, WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £213 TO FATHER SAMUEL DAY, A POLICE INSPECTOR, AT 8, ADDERBURY CRESCENT, ADDERBURY GROVE, HULL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ELLERMAN-WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. NO CWGC RECORD? HIS DEATH WAS A HUGE BL […]
2nd Engineer
BORN BOSTON, LINCS MARCH 1882. SON OF DANIEL LONGSTAFF (1839-1908) AND MARY JANE WILLIAMSON (1841-1907). HE CAME FROM A SEA FARING FAMILY WITH HIS FATHER A CAPTAIN AND THREE BROTHERS AT SEA. THE FAMILY WERE LIVING IN HULL BY 1901 CENSUS. HE MARRIED BERTHA DOWNING, AT HULL, IN JULY 1908. HE SERVED AS A SECOND ENGINEER, IN THE MERCHANT N […]
Chief Engineer
BORN HULL 1887. SECOND SON OF ROBERT MATTHEWS (1857-1901) AND JANE ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. SON OF A MERCHANT MARINER. ELDER BROTHER, CHARLES AND TWO SISTERS, ALICE AND MARGARET. WIFE MARGARET HANNAH MATTHEWS & CHILDREN LESLIE & MARJORIE LIVED AT 19, CAMDEN STREET, HULL. ISSUED WITH MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, ON 12 Oct 1907. SERVED AS CH […]
3rd Officer
BORN 1891 LERWICK, SCOTLAND. ORDINARY SEAMAN. LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. NO CWGC RECORDS. IBIS SS was built in 1898 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany as the HEDWIG SS a German cargo steamer for Flensburger DG (H. Schuldt), Flensburg, Germany. In 1914 she was renamed IBIS SS when purchased by the Western Russian SS Co. On […]
