BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JOHNSON BOYNTON (1841-1922) AND ANN CARTWRIGHT. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH, WHO LIVED AT 46 ESSEX STREET, HULL. SERVED ON MINESWEEPERS. HIS TRAWLER, COLLIDED WITH A WARSHIP IN THE HUMBER WITH THE LOSS OF SIX LIVES. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/01/19120. NO CWGC RECORDS. HIS SON ALFRED WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA ON HMS ‘REED’ IN 1940.
On 12/01/1920 the Hull steam trawler SINGAPORE (H505) sank following a collision with cruiser HMS ADVENTURE (b 1904) which was anchored off Immingham, River Humber. Six crew lost, three rescued.
CREW LOST ON SINGAPORE (H505), collision with HMS ADVENTURE 12th January, 1920.
BOYNTON, Alfred (40), 68 Essex st, Hull. Skipper
BROWN, Jas (56), 6 Etty-ter, Strickland st, Hull. Deckhand
BURGESS, Jack (-), 5 Hazelmere-ave, Edinburgh st, Hull. Bosun
SIMPSON, Alfred (-), 45 South Cliff-rd, Withernsea. 2nd/Engineer
WARNE, A (21), South Howard st, Yarmouth. Deckhand
WAZEL, S (-), 27 Row 2, Yarmouth st, Yarmouth. Cook
