BORN PENDLETON,WIGAN 1892. SON OF ANN & HARRY ASHWORTH – 11 IRWELL STREET, ECCLES, LANCS. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1911. EX 1157 4TH BN. WEST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST AT SEA ON 28/08/1917, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY WAR RECORDS.
SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1908 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4271 tons.
On August 28th, 1917, Hidalgo, on a voyage from Manchester to Arkhangelsk with general cargo & munitions, was sunk by the German submarine U-28 (Georg Schmidt), 120 miles NE1/2N from NordKapp. 15 persons were lost.
1. ABDUL ADAM , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Indian Merchant Service, †29/08/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 2. APPLEYARD, WALTER (24), Ship’s Cook, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Son of Mary Appleyard, of 5, Abbey Rd., Grimsby, and the late Augustus McWood Appleyard, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. ASHWORTH, HARRY (25), Seaman, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Son of Harry and Ann Ashworth, of 11, Irwell St., Eccles, Lancs. Born at Pendleton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. BASSEY, JOE (28), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, (May have been known as Joe BASSIE). Born at Mendi, Sierra Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. BROWN (26), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, Born in Lagos, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. CAFFEY, BEN (22), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, Born in Sierra Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. CAROLAN, PATRICK (36), Donkeyman, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †30/08/1917, Son of Bridget Carolan and the late Patrick Carolan; husband of Janet Carolan (nee Darroch), of 15, Clare St., Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. Born at Drogheda, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. GARNER, AUBEE SAMUEL LASCESTER (27), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Son of Marian Garner, and the late Samuel Garner; husband of Ada Garner (nee Penter), of 26, Parker St., Ardwick, Manchester. Born in Sierra Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. GRIMES, CHARLES JOSEPH (20), Seaman, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Son of Margaret Broadfield (formerly Grimes, nee Ryder), of 1, Cedar Terrace, Latchford Locks, Warrington, and the late Charles Grimes. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. REMMETT, ALBERT EDWARD (19), Cabin Boy, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Son of Thomas Bowman Remmett, and Emma Reading Remmett (nee Sparrow), of Avon Cottage, Moston Lane, Manchester, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. RENNOLDSON, FRANK (18), Assistant Cook, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Son of Stephen and Elizabeth Rennoldson (nee Holden), of 900, Chester Rd., Stretford, Lancs. Born at Salford, Lancs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. SANDY (22), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, Born at Mendi, Sierra Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. SMITH (29), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †31/08/1917, Born in U.S.A, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. SMITH, JOE (27), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, Born in Sierre Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial ref. used:Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Cwgc Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?115505
