BORN HULL 02/03/1891. SON OF GEORGE & LAVINA ALCOCK OF 62 RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. AN ABLE SEAMAN. MARRIED IN 1909. HIS WIFE, MINNIE (CHEEVERS) & THEIR CHILD, LIVED AT 13 JOHN’S TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCKS AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. WILLIAM ALCOCK WAS KILLED AT SEA, DURING MINE SWEEPING DUTIES, ON 11/11/917, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 19TH NOVEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE ALFRED ALCOCK, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT LOOS, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 23. HIS BROTHER IN LAW, WAS KILLED IN 1916. ANOTHER BROTHER IN LAW, WAS WOUNDED.
Thuringia, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverley in 1913 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 297 tons. On November 11th, 1917, Thuringia was captured and sunk by torpedoe, by the German submarine U-95 (Athalwin Prinz), off Youghal, Iceland. 14 persons were lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT THURINGIA
ALCOCK, WILLIAM COATES (26), Second Hand (no. 6819DA), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Son of George and Lavina Alcock, of Hull; husband of Minnie Alcock, of 13, John’s Terrace, Walcott St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
AMIS, GEORGE ALFRED (25), Deck Hand (no. 2059SD), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Son of James and Elvina Amis, of Caister-on-Sea; husband of Alexina Ellen Amis, of Victoria St., Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
ANDERSON, GEORGE PATRICK , Trimmer (no. 2869TS), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Son of John and Bridget Anderson, of Hull; husband of Alice Anderson, of 5, Ayscough St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
BLAKELOCK, JOHN WILLIAM (34), Deck Hand (no. 5702DA), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Son of Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Blakelock; husband of Ellen Bond (formerly Blakelock), of 32, Daubney St., New Cleethorpes, Lincs, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
CANN, WILLIAM (47), Engineman (no. 3057ES), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Husband of Mary Ann Cann, of 14, Phelps St., New Cleethorpes, Lincs, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
GEORGE, LLEWELLYN (45), Stoker (no. 500V), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Husband of Emma George, of 42, Delhi St., St. Thomas, Swansea, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
GREENACRE, WILLIAM HART (31), Deck Hand (no. 5730DA), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Son of William Hart and Mary Eliza Greenacre, of King’s Lynn, Norfolk; husband of Alice Ann Greenacre, of 65, Albert St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
GREW, ALBERT EDWARD (17), Deck Boy (no. 958SBD), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/11/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Grew, of 365, Convamore Rd., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
HARRIS, CHARLES , Leading Seaman (no. 1347C), H.M. Trawler Thuringia, R
