Able Seaman
BORN HULL 11/11/1892. SON OF GEORGE & MARY ELIZABETH GILL OF 2 ST STEPHEN STREET, HULL. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL. HMS GOLIATH; Royal Navy 1st class battleship; built in 1900 at the Navy´s Chatham Dockyard; 12,950 tons; 418x74x26.5 ft.; 13,500 i.h.p.; 18.4 knots; triple expansion engine; 4 x 12" guns, 12 6", 9 x 12 […]
Stoker
3 RICHMOND TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
13/05/1915
Aged
44
BORN HULL 31/05/1871. SON OF THOMAS & MARY GREAVES. MARRIED AT HULL'S HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, 08/01/1896. WIFE KATIE COGGRAVE (1874 -1958) & TEN CHILDREN, LIVED AT 3 RICHMOND TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE AS A STOKER. SEVEN OF HIS CHILDREN WERE AGED UNDER 14, WHEN HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED IN THE DARDEN […]
148 , JAMES RECKITT AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/05/1915
Aged
17
BORN HULL 06/05/1898. SON OF CLARENCE EDWARD SMITH (1871-1947) & CHARLOTTE MARY SERGEANT (1867-1902), OF 33 CHESTNUT AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 26/08/1913. DIED AT GALLIPOLI, ON THE DREADNAUGHT, HMS "GOLIATH", ON 13/05/1915, AGED 17. HIS ADDRESS, DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH W […]
