Butler, Stanley Lusby Coulson

HMT Crownsin, the trawler which Butler died on, was formally known as “Varel”. Pictured is the “Varel” prior to naval conversion.
Stanley Butler, pictured in the Hull Daily Mail, 03.06.1916

BORN HULL 18/03/1896. SON OF WILLIAM COULSON & ANNIE ELIZABETH LUSBY WILSON. HIS MOTHER HAD REMARRIED AFTER HER FIRST HUSBAND JOHN BUTLER HAD DIED IN 1896. STANLEY WAS KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION OFF THE COAST OF MALTA. HIS HALF BROTHER WILLIAM HENRY COULSON BUTLER WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA IN 1918 AND IS BURIED IN IRELAND. BOTH BROTHER’S NAMES ARE LISTED ON THE SUBWAY STREET ROlL OF HONOUR.
On May 4th, 1916, the British navy trawler HMT Crownsin was sunk by a mine from the German submarine U-73 (Gustav Sieß), off Malta. 11 persons were killed.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT CROWNSIN
BREEZE, ERNEST HENRY , Second Hand (no. 8326DA),
BUTCHART, JOHN WILLIAM (45), Engineman (no. 4788TS), Husband of Harriet Butchart, of 21, Berwick St., South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
BUTLER, STANLEY LUSBY COULSON (21), Deck Hand (no. 9117DA), Son of William Coulson Butler and Annie Elizabeth Wilson, his wife, of 8 Ash Gr, Eastbourne St., Hull
CULLEN, RICHARD , Engineman (no. 4250ES), Born Hull. wife, Florence, Grimsby
FLETCHER, FRANK (21), Deck Hand (no. 9112DA), Son of Harry Addison Fletcher and Sarah Fletcher, of 14, Gladys Avenue, West Dock St., Hessle Rd., Hull
HOLLIS, ALBERT EDWARD (28), Deck Hand (no. 1753SD), Son of Albert and Elizabeth Hollis, of Thurne, Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
JONES, ALBERT VICTOR (19), Deck Hand (no. 9110DA), Son of John Clarence and Hannah Jane Jones, of 6, Albany Rd., Fleetwood, Lancs, Plymouth Naval Memorial
LEACH, ALLAN (21), Deck Hand (no. 1612DA), Son of Thomas Moore Leach and Emmeline 1 each, of 6, Sarah’s Terrace, Rosamond St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Chatham Naval Memorial
LEADBETTER, NORMAN (17), Deck Hand (no. 9073DA), Son of John and Ellen Leadbetter, of 9, Albert St., Fleetwood, Lancs, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
MAULKINSON, HARWOOD (18), Trimmer (no. 4407TS), Son of Harwood and Elizabeth Maulkinson, of 95, Addison Rd., Fleetwood, Lancs and 5 Edith Ave, Division Road, Hull
NORMAN, THOMAS (40), Trimmer (no. 1156TS), Son of Richard and Mary Norman, of Kilvey, Swansea, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial.

First name:
STANLEY LUSBY COULSON
Regiment:
Royal Naval Reserve RNR HMT "Crownsin"
Military Number:
9117
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
04/05/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
21
8 ASH GROVE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
Chatham Naval Memorial