Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MARY HANNAH & LATE WALTER SHAW. On December 12th, 1914, the British steel trawler CYGNUS, built in 1896 by Mackie & Thomson & Co. and owned at the time of her loss by Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co., on voyage from Grimsby to fishing grounds, was sunk by … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF SARAH (PAGE) CHAFER, OF 14 EMILYS TERRACE, GILLETT STREET. LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. On December 12th, 1914, the British steel trawler CYGNUS, built in 1896 by Mackie & Thomson & Co. and owned at the time of her loss by Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling … Read more
BORN LINCOLN 1862. WIFE CAROLINE ASHLEY LIVED AT CAMDEN STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED BY HELLYERS SHIPPING LINE, WORKING ON SHORE AND AS A SKIPPER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST GEORGE’S LODGE, R.A.O.B. AND THE FREEMASONS IN ABERDEEN. SERVED AS SHIP’S MATE ON THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER ‘CYGNUS’. A SHIP’S MATE WOULD … Read more
