SON OF ELIZABETH JANE HEPWORTH, OF 1 IVY VILLAS, SELBY STREET, HULL. HE LOST HIS STEP FATHER CHIEF ENGINEER, JAMES HEPWORTH AND UNCLE, ABLE SEAMAN, JAMES WILLIAM HODGSON, FROM WASSAND STREET, ON THE SAME SHIP. IT WAS SUNK BY A MINE EXPLOSION IN THE THAMES ESTUARY. THEY WERE THE ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF THE CREW TO PERISH, THE REST WERE SAV […]
Chief Engineer
213 , REGENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/10/1915
Aged
40
BORN HULL 18/2/1875. WIFE ELIZABETH JANE HEPWORTH, C/O MRS DAWSON ABOVE ADDRESS & ALSO LIVED AT 1 IVY TERRACE, SELBY STREET. HIS STEP SON CHARLIE BAILEY AND BROTHER IN LAW, JAMES WILLIAM HODGSON, (WASSAND STREET), WERE ALL LOST ON THE SAME SHIP, WHEN IT HIT A MINE. THE REST OF THE CREW WERE SAVED. THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HU […]
Deck Hand
4 HERBERTS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
22/10/1915
Aged
46
BORN HULL 13/04/1871. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE LOST AT SEA ON 22/10/1915. HIS WIDOW, HARRIET HODGSON, LIVED AT 4 HERBERTS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HIS PARENTS LIVED 8 SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL. THEY LOST THREE SONS IN THE WAR. HIS BROTHER, SAPPER, BILLY HODGSON, ROYAL ENGINEERS ALSO DIED IN 1915. JAMES SERVED AS A DECKHAND. THE TRAWLER […]
