BORN ANSTON, YORKSHIRE, 1852. LIVED WITH WIFE EMMA CAWTORN BARKS AT THIS ADDRESS. SHE ALSO DIED IN 1917. HE WAS LOST AT SEA DURING AN ENEMY SUBMARINE ATTACK. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE LOST HULL TRAWLERMEN RECORDS.
On 30/04/1917 the Hull steam trawler INDUSTRIA was captured by a U-boat and sunk by time bombs in the North Sea. Position of loss also reported as NE of Humber, 30/04/1917
All 9 crew lost.
CREW LOST ON INDUSTRIA (H14), enemy action in the North Sea, 27th March, 1917.
ACUM, John (17), 18 Ireland-ter, Gillett St, Hull. Trimmer
BARKS, Thomas (65), Address not traced. Cook
BURNETT, Walter (53), 380 Boulevard, Hull. Chief Engineer
CARNEY, Peter (42), 22 Gillett St, Hull. Deckhand
HASS, Thomas (30), 13 Emily-grove, Brighton St, Hull. Bosun
PARKER, Ernest (37), Address not traced. Skipper
PARKER, Sidney (37), 5 Arthur-ter, Havelock St, Hull. Mate
WATSON, Ernest (26), Address not traced. 3rd/Hand
WILLIAMSON, Ernest (35), 17 Clifton-Ter, Beverley Rd, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
