BORN MENDI, SIERRA LEONNE 1891. LOST AT SEA, ON THE S/S ‘HILDAGO’, 28/08/1917, AGED 28. HE IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY 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. They included his countrymen:-
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.
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.
SANDY (22), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, Born at Mendi, Sierra Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
Born in U.S.A, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SMITH, JOE (27), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Hidalgo, Mercantile Marine, †29/08/1917, Born in Sierre Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
