BORN GOVLESTON 11/11/1872. A ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE DECK HAND. HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1912. HIS WIFE, CLARA ANN (FULLER) CHILVERS, LIVED AT 378 HAWTHORNE AVENUE. (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR STEP CHILDREN (JOE, BETSY, DAISEY AND JAMES W FULLER).
HE SERVED ON THE TRAWLER “CARLTON). LOST AT SEA, ON 21/02/1916, AGED 39. BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “LOVED BY ALL”.
HMT Carlton, built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby in 1907 and hired at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy minesweeper of 267 tons. On February 21st, 1916, HMT Carlton was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-6 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow), off Folkestone. 9 persons were lost.
1. BROOME, WILLIAM HENRY (29), Engineman (no. 83ES), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, (Served as THOMAS), Husband of Annie Jane Broome, of 219, Robert St., Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
2. CHILVERS, JOE (39), Deck Hand (no. 2899/DA), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Husband of Clara Ann Chilvers, of 378, Hawthorne Avenue, Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery
3. GRUNNILL, HIRA (30), Deck Hand (no. 10000/DA), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Son of Mrs. Eliza Grunnill, of 5, Sea View Terrace, Skegness, Memorial: Skegness (St. Clement) Churchyard
4. HOWLING, THOMAS SYDNEY , Trimmer (no. 4743/TS), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †24/02/1916, Memorial: Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery
5. JOYNES, HENRY (44), Deck Hand (no. 9999DA), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Son of Samuel and Sabina Joynes, of 14, Bentley St., Cleethorpes. Native of Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
6. MCKINNON, COLIN (23), Seaman (no. 3949A), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Son of Kenneth and Ann McKinnon, of 15 Ranish, Lochs, Stornoway, Lewis, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
7. NORGATE, FREDERICK (56), Second Hand (no. 2444SA), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Son of John and Ann Norgate, of Crosdick, Norfolk; husband of Mary Ann Eliza Norgate, of 58, College St., Cleethorpes, Lincs, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
8. SANDFORD, JOSEPH HERBERT , Skipper, HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
9. STEVENSON, THOMAS (36), Trimmer (no. 456/ST), HMT Carlton, Royal Naval Reserve, †21/02/1916, Memorial: Rye Harbour (Holy Spirit) Churchyard
