Manthorpe, William Valentine

BORN GORLESTON, SUFFOLK, 1871. SON OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH MANTHORPE. MARRIED ROSINA BRISTA, IN SUFFOLK ON 06/12/1896. MASTER OF THE HULL TUGBOAT, ‘LINESMEN’. ACCIDENTALLY DIED FALLING INTO THE GRIMSBY DOCK BASIN ON 01/03/1915, AGED 43. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FIVE CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 13/03/1915.