BORN HULL 10/02/1880. SON OF JAMES AND MARY E. BROOKS, OF HULL. SERVED AS SECOND HAND ON THE THE TRAWLER “SARAH ALICE”. LOST AT SEA, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 36. HUSBAND OF ROBERTA FRANCES BROOKS, OF 89 ADDISON ROAD, FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE, UK. HE LEFT £52 TO HIS WIDOW IN HIS WILL. HE I COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.
On September 26th, 1916, the British Navy Yacht HMY “Conqueror II” was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-52 (Hans Walther), northwest of Fair Isle. 17 persons were killed. Conqueror was assisting HMS Sarah Alice, who was torpedoed by U-52 as well, though the torpedo was aimed at HMY Conqueror II. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60336
First name:
ERNEST JAMES
Military Number:
152
Rank:
2nd Hand
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, UK
Age:
36
