BORN HULL 24/10/1900. SON OF HERBERT & CLARRIE RHODA BARMBY, OF 17 POPLAR GROVE AND THIS ADDRESS. KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION ON HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL, GREAT WAR MEMORIAL, GEORGE STREET, HULL.
The British steamship North Wales left Hull bound for Canada on the 20th October, 1916, and on the 10th November the Canadian naval authorities reported her as overdue.
On the 9th November the German Wireless Press gave the name of this vessel in their list of torpedoed ships, so that, although details are lacking, her fate is fairly certain. She was sunk almost without trace. One piece of varnished wood marked ”North Wales” was washed ashore in Sennen Cove, and one or two bodies reached the Cornish coast. That is all. If her 30 crew had time to take to their boats, after being torpedoed, they were probably drowned, as violent gales were raging at the time. Hull men lost on the ship, included;
BARNBY, LEONARD (15), Ordinary Seaman, SS North Wales, Mercantile Marine, †24/10/1916, Son of Herbert Barnby, and Clarrie Rhoda Barnby (nee Loram), of 17, Poplar St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CUIVELAIR, JAMES (24), Ship’s Cook, SS North Wales, Mercantile Marine, †24/10/1916, Son of John and Emma Cuivelair; husband of May Cuivelair (nee Hodgson), of 8, Clydesdale Avenue, Balfour St., Hull. Born in Trinidad, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HARRISON, WALTER (33), Steward, SS North Wales, Mercantile Marine, †24/10/1916, Son of Samuel and Harriet Ann Harrison; husband of Alice Lillian Harrison, of 7, Shaw St., Hull. Born at Goole, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SHARP, EDGAR NOEL (22), Third Mate, SS North Wales, Mercantile Marine, †24/10/1916, Son of William and Eliza Sharp; husband of Eliza Sharp (nee Sinderson), of 42, Portland Place, Hull. Born at York, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SUNDVALL, GUSTAF ADOLF (32), Able Seaman, SS North Wales, Mercantile Marine, †24/10/1916, Son of Amanda and the late Carl Sundvall; husband of Matilda Sundvall, of 28, Pemberton St., Hull. Born at Helsingfors, Finland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
Barnby, Leonard
First name:
LEONARD
Regiment:
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Date Died
24/10/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
15
