Steward
BORN HULL 1901. SON OF ALICE AND SAM WALMSLEY BATEMAN, OF 8 ASH GROVE, TUNIS STREET, HULL AND THIS NAVAL ADDRESS. SON OF A FRUIT MERCHANT'S CLERK. HE WAS BROTHER TO HUBERT AND LUCY. HE SERVED ON THE MERCHANT STEAMER, 'TORO' SUNK ON 12/04/1917. HE WAS AGED 15. SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 […]
3rd Engineer
42 , QUEENSGATE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. ONLY SON OF JOHN MOLLYNEUX CROCKETT (1866-1938) AND LOUISA EVERINGHAM (1862-1930), OF 85, PLANE STREET, HULL. SON OF A SHIP DRAUGHTSMAN. HE HAD ONE SISTER, LILY. HE WAS A FITTER'S APPRENTICE. HE MARRIED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL, ON 11TH OCTOBER 1916. HIS WIFE ELSIE MAY ADDEY (1896-1975), LIVED AT 42 […]
Fireman
16 SUSANNAH'S TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
46
BORN BRIDLINGTON 1871. SON OF HENRY HARDY (1846-1931) & MARY ANN PROUDLEY (1848-1933), OF 3 WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. MARRIED HARRIET BARLOW (1875-1947), AT HULL IN 1896. THEY LIVED AT 16 SUSANNAH'S TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH HARDY (29) WAS LOST ON THE SAME SHIP, ON 12/04 […]
Fireman
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY HARDY (1846-1931) & MARY ANN PROUDLEY (1848-1933), OF 3 WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS ELDER BROTHER, JAMES HARDY WAS ALSO LOST ON THE SAME SHIP, 'TORO', ON 12/04/1917. HIS WIFE ADA FLORENCE NORMAN (1884-1915) LIVED AT 87 ARUNDEL STREET, HULL AND DIED IN 1915. SS Toro, built by Ea […]
Chief Engineer
BORN HULL 1872. SON OF SAMUEL HARWOOD (1843-1907) AND MARIA MAYES. A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED ADA CECILIA WILSON (1872-1928), AT HULL'S HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ON 13/07/1893. THEY HAD FIVE SONS. LIVING AT 7 AIRLIE STREET, THE BOULEVARD, HULL. HE WAS LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP 'TORO' ON 12/04/1917, AGE […]
Fireman
BORN LONDON 1871. FIREMAN, ON THE HULL STEAM SHIP "TORO". LOST AT SEA, ON 12/04/1917, AGED 46. HE IS COMMEMORATED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3066 tons. […]
Cadet
BORN ROTHERHAM 1902. FATHER LIVED IN ROTHERHAM. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TORO SS was a British Merchant steamer of 3,066grt. On the 12th April 1917 when on route from Alexandria for Hull she was torpedoed by German submarine U-55 and sunk when 200 miles Wnw from Ushant (Ouessant). Vessel was owned by Wilson Line, Hull. Read more at w […]
Able Seaman
6 CHATHAM PLACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
34
BORN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN 1883. SON OF OLAF EDWARD & IDA CHARLOTTE OLSSON. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS BROTHER KARL OLLSON WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA, IN 1915. People on board SS TORO123 1. ANDERSSON, CHARLES (37), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Olaus Andersson, of Karlskrona, Sweden, Memorial: Tower Hill Memor […]
BORN HULL 27/07/1892. SON OF WILLIAM FRANCIS & CHARLOTTE ANN OXENDALE. EMPLOYED AT MESSRS, AMOS AND SMITHS. HE WAS A COOK ON THE WILSON LINER. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN AND RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS AT 5 GREEN CRESCENT, GREEN LANE, HULL. THIS WAS HIS FIRST VOYAGE. LOST AT SEA, 12/04/1917, AGED 25. HE WAS TO BE MARRIED ON HIS RETURN, ON E […]
Steward
BORN LONDON 1880. WIFE CAROLINE AUSINDER SHARPE, HULL. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY & HELEN SHARPE. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3066 tons. On Apri […]
Sailor
24 FOUNDRY BUILDINGS, NORWICH, NORFOLK, EAST ANGLIA, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
25
BORN SMALLBURG, NORFOLK 1892. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES & MARY ELIZABETH SLADE ABOVE ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3066 tons. O […]
Able Seaman
10 COLENSO VILLAS, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
39
BORN HULL 26/07/1878. SON OF MARY E SPENCER. BOARDED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A OIL MILLER WORKER. DIED AT SEA, 12/04/1917, AGED 39 AS PER HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, wa […]
2nd Officer
12, MARINE PARADE, WITHERNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. PARENTS CHARLES EDWIN & ADA TETHER, OF 12, MARINE PARADE, WITHERNSEA, HULL. LOST ON HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY. LEFT FINACEE ELMA FORD. RECORDED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE & HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL. SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., H […]
Steward
10 RYLANDS AVENUE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
12/04/1917
Aged
17
BORN HULL 1899. SON OF PETER DAVIDSON & SARAH ANN (STUBBS) ABOVE. ASSISTANT STEWARD. SS Toro, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3066 tons. On April 12th, 1917, Toro, on a voyage from Alexandria to Hu […]
