MM S/T "Egret" (Hull) – Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914

Godfrey, Samuel

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN GODFREY, OF THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL. HULL

BORN HULL 1869. SON OF SUSAN (WOOD) & THE LATE JOHN TUTCHER. WIFE ADA SALINA TUTCHER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918; Vessel torpedoed and sunk without warning, 2 miles E … Read more

Smith, William

BORN BOSTON 1875. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY SMITH.HUSBAND OF MARY ANN (NEE DILBO, NEE RAPLEY) SMITH, OF 8 LANGDALE CRESCENT, FLINTON STREET, HULL. NAVAL ADDRESS. HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918; Vessel torpedoed and … Read more

Sanderson, William

BORN HULL 1858. SON OF JOHN & ANN SANDERSON, OF HULL. HUSBAND OF ANNIE KIRK MAGER, OF 3, CARLTON TERRACE, BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, NABURN STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A MARINE ENGINEER. LOST ON THE TRAWLER “EGRET”, 01/06/1918, AGED 60. HE IS REMEMBERED ON THE ST JOHN THE … Read more

Roberts, Clarence

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF BENJAMIN & KATE ROBERTS, AT THIS ADRRESS. (1918 ABSENT VOTERS). HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918; Vessel torpedoed and sunk without warning, 2 miles E x N of Spurn Light … Read more

Ridsdill, William Henry

BORN HULL 15/8/1890. SON OF SARAH LAMB & JOHN HENRY RIDSILL. WIFE RUTH LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1918 ELECTORAL VOTERS REGISTER). NOTE; ROBERT WILLIAM RIDSDILL, RNR – 192 DIVISION ROAD. HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in … Read more

Mears, Alfred Welburn

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF THE LATE FARGUS MEARS AND MARIA (WELBURN), 13 GERTRUDES TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND A BROTHER CALLED FARGUS. EMPLOYED AS FISH WORKER. HE WAS SERVING AS A THIRD HAND ON THE PATROL BOAT, ‘EGRET’. THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING, ON 01/06/1918, OFF SPURN POINT. ELEVEN … Read more

McFee, William

BORN PORT GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, 1864. A MASTER FISHERMAN. HIS WIFE, LAURA McFEE & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 144 ST GEORGES ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 75, ENA STREET, HULL.(CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS LOST ON THE TRAWLER, “EGRET”, 01/06/1918, AGED 54. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. HIS SON, PRIVATE, WILLIAM McFEE, … Read more

Francis, Septimus

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HENRY WALLIS (1856-1936) ANN COTTRILL, AND STEP MOTHER, ELIZABETH FRANCIS, OF 89, ROSAMOND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) . A FORMER ERRAND BOY. HE WENT TO SEA. HE MARRIED, EVERLYN HALL, AT HULL, IN 1917. THEY LIVED AT 9, GRANVILLE AVENUE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A DECKHAND … Read more

Fisher, George

BORN HULL 1864. HMT Egret. launch Date 30/09/1898; Originally a Hull registered trawler (H.21) and owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co., Hull; Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918; Vessel torpedoed and sunk without warning, 2 miles E x N of Spurn Light vessel; 11 lives lost including the Master. CREW LOST ON EGRET (H21), … Read more