BORN HULL 1869. SON OF JOHN & BETSEY (MATILDA) BENNYWORTH, OF 80, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM DUBLIN. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.
HE MARRIED MAHALA EARLES (1861-1936) IN 1902. THEY LIVED IN GORLESTONE, NORFOLK (1911 CENSUS) AND AT 188, STANLEY STREET, GRIMSBY. HE WAS A FITTERS LABOURER. SERVED AS AN ENGINEMAN ON THE TRAWLER, “DRUMTOCHY”, WHISH WAS MINED OFF THE DOVER COAST. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND DAUGHTER, HILDA. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, FRANK BENNYWORTH, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 37.
10.1915: Trawler requisitioned by the British navy and converted in patrol minesweeper, based in Dover (Kent, UK). 29.01.1918: hit a mine. Ten crew were killed. There were only two survivors rescued by the paddle minesweeper PMS Goodwood.
1. BENNEYNORTH, HARRY (49), Engineman (no. 400ES), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of John Benneynorth, of Hull; husband of Mahala Benneynorth, of 188, Stanley St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. CARPENTER, GEORGE (27), Skipper, HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of George and Sarah Carpenter, of Brixham, Devon; husband of Minnie Carpenter, of 16, South Furzeham, Brixham, Devon, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 3. FORREST, JOHN RIDDELL (19), Ordinary Seaman (no. VR/4098), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of Mrs. Margaret Forrest, of Oyen, Alberta, Memorial: Halifax Memorial 4. HARRISON, HAROLD (28), Skipper, HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of John Harrison, of Grimsby; husband of Kitty Harrison, of 72, Roberts St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. HOOD, JESSE ADOLPHUS (48), Deck Hand (no. 8846DA), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of William and Eliza Hood, of Ditchingham, Bungay; husband of Lucy Elizabeth Hood, of 27, Bridge St., Bungay, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. LISTON, JOHN , Deck Hand (no. 10250DA), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 7. MAIN, DAVID (23), Deck Hand (no. 6518A), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Main, of 61, Society St., Nairn, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 8. MOTION, JAMES (38), Engineman (no. 4151ES), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of Elizabeth Motion, of Aberdeen; husband of Margaret Motion, of 95, Wales St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. STEWART, JOHN (32), Deck Hand (no. 11131DA), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Son of Jemima Stewart, of Lochboisdale, South Uist, Inverness-shire, and the late Alexander Stewart, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 10. WILL, ALEXANDER BRUCE (42), Trimmer (no. 4306TS), HMT Drumtochty, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/01/1918, Husband of Nellie Corbet Will, of 88, Victoria Rd., Torry, Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73236
