Born Hull, 18/04/1892. Son of Herbert Colley Bedford (1864-1912) and Kate Shaw (1867-1957), of Hull. He had three brothers and four sisters. A seaman, boarding at 3 Town Hall Street, Great Grimsby, with his brother Harold and sister in law, Lizzie.
He Served in the Royal Naval Reserve and was Skipper of the HMT ‘Remarko’ mined off Lowestoft by UC-4, on 03/12/1916. His elder brother, Herbert Colley Bedford, fought for the Canadians.
His brother Harold Bedford, also born in Hull, served as a Sergeant, in the 6th Lincolnshire Regiment and was killed at Gallipoli, on 09/08/1915, aged 25. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial to the missing. He had served in the army for just 357 days and married for only four months.
“Remarko”, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverley in 1914 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 245 tons. On December 3rd, 1916, Remarko was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-4 (Hans Howaldt), off Lowestoft. 12 persons were lost.
People on board HMT REMARKO – 1. ANDREWS, GEORGE, Petty Officer 1st Class (no. 179977), HMT Remarko, Royal Navy, †03/12/1916, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. BAIN, JAMES MILLER (50), Deckhand (no. 743/DA), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Son of David and Janet Bain, of 45, Nicholson St., Pulteneytown, Wick, Memorial: Thrumster Burial Ground 3. BEDFORD, ARTHUR, Skipper, HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. BRANDON, CHARLES HENRY ALFRED (19), Telegraphist (no. Sussex Z/461), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †03/12/1916, Son of Charles William and Louisa Emily Brandon, of 41, Payne Avenue, Hove, Sussex, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 5. FEATHER, JAMES EZRA (26), Deckhand (no. 5666DA), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Son of William Robert Ezra and Kate Feather, of Scarborough; husband of Ada Hilton (formerly Feather), of 63, Blackford Brow, Whitefield, Manchester, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. GODDARD, LEONARD (22), Trimmer (no. 1055TS), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Son of J. G. and S. A. Goddard, of 14, Osborn St., Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. GROVES, JOHN, Deckhand (no. 2090DA), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. HARTLEY, HENRY (27), Engineman (no. 2888ES), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Son of Fred Lusby Hartley and Harriet Hartley, of Grimsby; husband of Olive Hartley, of 9, Lincoln Boulevard, Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. LEE, GEORGE (37), Lieutenant, Twice Mentioned in Despatches, HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Husband of Ethel Charlotte Lee, of S, Gladding Rd., Manor Park, London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 10. MANOURY, SIDNEY JOHN (24), Trimmer (no. 5872TS), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Brother-in-law of A. Swallow, of 2, Herbert’s Terrace, Wassand St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 11. REDGRAVE, ARTHUR LANCELOT (29), Engineman (no. 3696TS), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Redgrave, of 2, Factory St., Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 12. SHEADER, GEORGE WILLIAM (23), Second Hand (no. 5667DA), HMT Remarko, Royal Naval Reserve, †03/12/1916, Husband of Hannah Sheader, of 127, Commercial Rd., South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial ref. used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Cwgc Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129400
