BORN YORK 1869. SON OF HENRY & ELLEN ANDREW. WIFE ANNIE LIVED IN ILKLEY. SHIP’S MASTER OF THE MONTEBELLO, SUNK BY SUBMARINE, ON 21/06/1918, AGED 49. HE LEFT £429 TO HIS WIDOW AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVY MEMORIAL, LONDON.
SS Montebello, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons.
On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a voyage from London to Hampton Roads, was sunk by the German submarine U-100 (Degenhart von Loë), 320 miles W1/2N from Ushant (Ouessant). 41 persons were lost.
First name:
GEORGE EDWARD
Regiment:
Rank:
Master
Date Died
21/06/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
49
