BORN HULL 31/05/1881. HIS WIFE, SUSAN ANDREWS, AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT 9, CYNTHIA GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL. THE FANILY MOVED TO, 15 WALLFIELD CRESCENT, ABERDEEN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/07/1918.
George Milburn, built by Hall, Russell & Co., Aberdeen in 1916 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 235 tons. On July 12th, 1917, George Milburn was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-42 (Otto Heinrich Tornow), off Waterford, 1.5 miles south of Dunmore Point. 11 persons were lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ‘GEORGE MILBURN’
1. ANDREWS, WILLIAM RICHARD (36), Engineman (no. 4812ES), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
2. BATEMAN, MICHAEL (30), Deck Hand (no. 10773DA), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Son of William and Mary Bateman, of Helvick Head, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
3. BLAKE, REUBEN JOHN , Deck Hand (no. 2441DA), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. BURNETT, GEORGE SUMMERS DUNCAN (42), Trimmer (no. 3470TS), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, on 12/07/1917, Son of the late Charles and Isabella Burnett, of I, Love Lane, Fraserburgh; husband of Annie Burnett, of 54, Mid St., Fraserburgh, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
5. FORREST, WILLIAM (39), Engineman (no. 4813ES), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Born at Aberdeen. Husband of Helen Forrest, of 59, Wales St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
6. FYFE, THOMAS (27), Deck Hand (no. 11706/DA), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Memorial: Templetown Graveyard
7. LEES, ROBERT (19), Deck Hand (no. 11660DA), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Son of John Lees, of 4, Helen Row, Cowie, Stonehaven, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
8. LUCAS, GEORGE HENRY (45), Skipper, HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Uncle of J. A. Yanlott, of 23, Stanley St., Grimsby. Native of Greenwich, London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
9. MCNICOL, JOHN (32), Leading Seaman (no. 4531B), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Son of the late John and Catherine McNicol, of Garelochhead, Helensburgh, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
10. RITCHIE, JOHN ALEXANDER MORRICE (32), Second Hand (no. 11194DA), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Ritchie, of 25, Ferry Rd., Torry, Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
11. SPINK, JAMES FINDLAY (40), Deck Hand (no. 11666DA), HMT George Milburn, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/07/1917, Husband of Betsy Cargill Spink, of 56, Marketgate, Arbroath, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Andrews, William Richard
First name:
WILLIAM RICHARD
Military Number:
4812 ES
Rank:
Engineman
Date Died
12/07/1917
Place died:
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Age:
36
9 CYNTHIA GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
