2nd Mate
BORN HULL 1886. SON OF MARY JANE JOHNSON AND GEORGE HALDENBY JOHNSON, AT 47 WALLIKER STREET, HULL. SECOND MATE, ON THE STEAM SHIP 'KIRKHAM ABBEY'. LOST AT SEA, ON 27/07/1918, AGED 32. HE LEFT £124 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE HOLDENBY JOHNSON, A RETIRED TIMBER MEASURER, AT 7 LEE STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE LEFT BROTHER, THOMA […]
Steward
BORN SOUTHAMPTON 1884. SON OF CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR (1843-1912) & MARGARET WILLIAMS TAYLOR (1845-1893). HE MARRIED JESSIE MAY (LEWIS) IN HULL IN 1912. THEY LIVED AT 6 GLAISDALE, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL. HE SERVED AS A STEWARD ON THE SS 'KIRKHAM ABBEY', SUNK ON 27/07/1918. HE WAS 34. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONO […]