People - Regiment: MM S/S "Sea Gull" (London)

Smith, Percy William

Born at Hull 23/08/1884. Son of David Paxton Smith (1855-1924) and Caroline Smith; Married on 24/06/1914. Husband of Annie Priscilla Smith (nee Dunthorn) (1882-1965), of 140, Second Avenue, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex. He left £330 in his will to his widow at this Probate address. HMS Seagull was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1889. … Read more

Crosby, William Thurlow

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & CATHERINE ABOVE (1911 CENSUS). HUSBAND OF MARY LIZZIE CROSBY (NEE CULLEN), OF 110 KENSINGTON, LIVERPOOL. BROTHERS FREDERICK & CHARLES CROSBY. SERVED AS FIREMAN ON THE LONDON CARGO SHIP “SEA GULL’, SUNK ON 16TH MARCH 1918. DROWNED AGED 25. SS Sea Gull, built by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow in … Read more