BORN HULL 1888. SON OF EDWARD IRVING & MARY ELIZABETH BOYNTON. WIFE FRANCES BOYNTON. MARRIED IN 1914. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD OF HIS DEATH. HOWEVER HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE TRINITY CHURCH ROH. THIS IS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS. HIS BROTHER JOHN IRWIN BOYNTON ALSO SERVED FROM THIS ADDRESS.
SS Idaho, built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1899 and owned at the time of her loss by The Shipping Controller (H. Samman & Co.), London, was a British steamer of 3023 tons. On August 18th, 1918, Idaho, on a voyage from the Clyde in ballast, was sunk by the German submarine U-107 (Kurt Siewert), 120 miles NxW1/2W of Cape Villano. 11 persons were lost.
1. BELGAS (28), Fireman, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Born at Bilbao, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. CHRISTIDIS, ALEXANDER (40), Ship’s Cook, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †22/08/1918, Born in Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. IRWIN, JAMES (33), Fireman, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Son of the late James and Matilda Irwin; husband of the late Jeanie Irwin. Born in Co. Derry, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. KENDRICK, ROBERT (56), Fireman, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Born at Greenock, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. MACDONALD, ALFRED (30), Mess Room Steward, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †24/08/1918, Husband of Mrs. MacDonald, of 9, Hydepark St., Glasgow. Born in Mauritius, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. MCBROOM, ANDREW IRVINE (17), Wireless Operator, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Son of Archibald and Margaret Brown McBroom (nee Irvine), of Fernbank, Bothwell Rd., Hamilton, Lanark. Born at Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. MCCANSH, DUNCAN (44), Second Mate, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Son of the late James and Jessie Ferguson McCansh; husband of Isabella McCansh (nee Thomson), of The Cottage, Mollinsburn, Glasgow. Born at Greenock, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. MCCOUAT, ROBERT (39), Fireman, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Son of the late Andrew and Mary McCouat (nee McIntosh); husband of Susan McCouat (nee Docherty), of 57, West Bothwell St., Glasgow. Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. MCPHAIL, ROBERT (22), Able Seaman (no. Clyde Z/4964), SS Idaho, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †19/08/1918, Son of Robert McPhail, of 15, McKerrell St., Paisley, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 10. NICOLSON, JOHN (19), Sailor, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Son of John and Ann Nicolson (nee MacLeod), of 7, Gedintailor, Braes, Portree, Skye, Inverness, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. STEIN (19), Sailor, SS Idaho, Mercantile Marine, †19/08/1918, Born in Russia, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?116115
