BORN HULL 24/09/1901. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM BUTCHER & MARY ELIZABETH (WASS), AT 4 PROVIDENCE PLACE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVIGATION SCHOOL. HE JOINED THE MERCHANTILE MARINE, ON 18/02/1915. SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP ‘INGLESIDE’, FROM THAT DATE. THE SHIP WAS SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ON 08/05/1918. WILLIAM WAS LOST AT SEA. AGED 16.
HIS CAPTAIN WROTE, “YOUR SON WAS LOVED BY ALL. HE WAS A REAL GOOD BOY AND DID HIS DUTY TO THE LAST, IN FACT HE WAS ONE WHO LOWERED THE ONLY BOAT, WHICH GOT AWAY WHEN THE SHIP WENT DOWN, THIS ACTION BEING THE MEANS THAT SAVED 23 OF THE CREW’S LIVES. THE SHIP WENT DOWN IN 92 SECONDS AND IN THAT SHORT SPACE OF TIME IT WAS HARDLY POSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED.”
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/06/1918. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON TRINITY HOUSE ROLL OF HONOUR, AND THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 4
The British cargo steamer INGLESIDE SS of 3,736 tons was built in 1910 by Tyne Iron Sb. Co., Ltd., Newcastle and owned by Rowland & Marwood’s Ss. Co., Ltd. (Headlam & Rowland), Whitby. On the 8th May 1918 when on route from La Goulette for Barrow carrying a cargo of iron ore she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-38 when 80 miles Ne of Algiers. 1. BUTCHER, WILLIAM (16), Apprentice, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of Frederick William and Mary Elizabeth Butcher (nee Wass), of 4, Providence Place, Newland Avenue, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. DAVIES, GWILYRN CHARLES (20), Signalman (no. Wales/Z/4616), SS Ingleside, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †08/05/1918, Son of James and Matilda Davies, of 2, Bron Deg, Neath, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 3. FLETCHER, WILLIAM JAMES FREDERICK (20), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of Thomas William and Annie Elizabeth Fletcher (nee Williamson), of, The Treasurer’s House, York. Born at Harrogate, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. FORDE, WILLIAM (33), Fireman, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of John Forde, of Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, and the late Nora Forde (nee O’Keeffe). Born at Cork, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. HEALAN, EDWARD (44), Donkeyman, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of the late Maurice and Bridget Healan. Born at Maesteg, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. HEIN, ROBERT (28), Seaman (no. 4261A), SS Ingleside, Royal Naval Reserve, †08/05/1918, Son of the late William Kent Hein and Mary Jane Hein, of Plymouth, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 7. HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM JOHN (36), Assistant Cook, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of the late William and Mary Hutchinson. Born at Ruswarp, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. IRELAND, JOHN (39), Fireman, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of Thomas Ireland, of 4, Kinlock St., Dundee, and the late Amelia Ireland (Nee Burrie). Born at Dundee, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. JONES, EDGAR (33), Third Engineer, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of John and Mary Jones (nee Kenwood), of Ty Nant Inn, Taffs Well, Cardiff. Born at Cardiff, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. MILLS, WILLIAM (43), Fireman, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of the late Richard and Jane Mills; husband of Emily Mills (nee Jones), of 38, Janet St., Cardiff. Born at Limerick, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. NICHOLSON, JOSEPH LEWIS (18), Apprentice, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Son of John Watson Nicholson and Mary Elizabeth Nicholson (nee Oliver), of The Golden Lion Hotel, Loftus, Yorks. Born at Loftus, Yorks, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. O’LEARY, MICHAEL (52), Fireman, SS Ingleside, Mercantile Marine, †08/05/1918, Born at Cork, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32026
