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). 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
Chilvers, Joe
First name:
JOE
Military Number:
2899
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
21/02/1916
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
39
