BORN HULL 1869. HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH DECEASED, BUT HE HAD A SISTER MRS SENIBY, PARK AVENUE. MARRIED 1895. HIS WIFE ADA KATE ALDAN LIVED AT 4, ST. ANDREW’S STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ALBERT WAS CHIEF ENGINEER. LOST AT SEA ON THE STEAM SHIP ‘ARGYLL’ ON THE 15/06/1915, AGED 46. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. HE LEFT £185 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW.
HIS SON PRIVATE, ALBERT CORNELIUS ALDAN, 7TH EYR, WAS ALSO KILLED ON 17/11/18, AGED 19. (The name, A. ADLAM, is recorded on the Hull Gardener’s WW1 Memorial at Hull Minster).
Argyll (H 923) or Argyle (both names used), built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1906 and owned at the time of her loss by Gt. Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 280 tons. On June 15th, 1915, Argyll was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-11 (Walter Gottfried Schmidt), 12 miles ESE of Harwich. 7 persons were lost.
1. ALDAN, ALBERT (46), First Engineer, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, 15/06/1915, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Aldan; husband of Ada Aldan (nee Turner), of 4, St. Andrew’s St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. BOWLES, FREDERICK JAMES (35), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, 15/06/1915, Son of Emma Bowles, and the late William Bowles; husband of Maud Bowles (nee Shores), of 6, Rugby St., Hull. Born at Southwick, Brighton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. COWLAM, JOHN HENRY (29), Fireman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, 15/06/1915, Son of John Henry and Eliza Cowlam; husband of Alice Cowlam (nee Pearson), of 3, Willow Grove, Somerset St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. SOARDS, ARTHUR ERNEST (54), Skipper, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, 15/06/1915, Husband of Frances Ellen Soards, of 60A, New Kent Rd., London, Memorial: Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery
5. TURNER, ALBERT (21), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, 15/06/1915, Son of Frederick and Margaret Turner, of 50, Railway Cottages, Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. WISE, ARTHUR (42), Steward, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine,15/06/1915, Son of the late Robert and Arabella Wise; husband of Maud Alice Wise (nee Lewis), of 1, Auckland Avenue, Gillett St., Hull. Born at Newport, Isle of Wight. His brother Walter Herbert Wise also fell, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. WISE, WALTER HERBERT (46), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Robert and Arabella Wise; husband of Emily Wise (nee Fell), of 3, Ebor Avenue, Eastbourne St., Hull. Born at Bristol. His brother Arthur Wise also fell, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
