BORN HULL 11/05/1870. SON OF JOHN SHAW & EMMA (FREEMAN), WARNE STREET SUTTON, HULL. WIFE ELLEN GOWER ABOVE. HDM 24/10/1916. NAVY ADDRESS. SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEERS ON THE DRIFTER “PELAGIA”, LOST AT SEA, ON 28/11/1916. COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT.
HMD Pelagia, built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., North Shields in 1900 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy drifter of 84 tons. On November 28th, 1916, HMD Pelagia was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel), near the Nab lightvessel. 12 persons were lost.
People on board HMD PELAGIA123 1. BESSEY, JOHN ERNEST , Deck Hand (no. 9029), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. BOTTON, JOHN FREDERICK , Engineman (no. 881ES), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. HALDENBY, JOHN , Deck Hand (no. 11933DA), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. HITTER, GEORGE EDGAR (39), Skipper, HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Son of John and Sarah Hitter, of Lowestoft; husband of Martha Jane Hitter, of 75, Park Rd., Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. JERMANY , Second Hand (no. 2311/SA), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Memorial: Worlingham (All Saints) Churchyard 6. JERMANY, ARTHUR JOHN (25), Trimmer (no. 4297TS), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Son of Benjamin and Harriet Jermany, of Worlingham Gate House, Beecles, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. LINDER , Deck Hand (no. 8891/DA), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Husband of F. E. Linder, of Row 11, 10, Middlegate St., Great Yarmouth, Memorial: North Cove (St. Botolph) Churchyard 8. MCLELLAN, DUGALD , Leading Deck Hand (no. 424SD), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. MILLS, JOHN THOMAS (25), Engineman (no. 3751ES), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Son of H. W. and C. F. Mills of Lowestoft, husband of Ethel May Mills, of 286, Raglan St., Lowestoft, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 10. ROWLAND (19), Deck Hand (no. 9030/DA), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Son of Ellen Rowland, of The Tuns Cottages, Rushmere, Lowestoft, and the late Robert Rowland, Memorial: Rushmere (St. Michael) Churchyard 11. TOZER (18), Trimmer (no. 4500/TS), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Son of James and Jane Tozer, of 10, Raeburn Place, Aberdeen, Memorial: Aberdeen (Nellfield) Cemetery 12. TURPIN (17), Deck Hand (no. 11932/DA), HMD Pelagia, Royal Naval Reserve, †28/11/1916, Son of B. Turpin, Memorial: Sykehouse (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?160210
