BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ELIZA COWLAM. WIDOW ALICE COWLAM LIVED AT 3, WILLOW GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL. DROWNED ON 15/06/1915, AGED 29.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SOMERSET STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 06/10/1916.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 19/06/1915, WITH OTHER LOST CREW MEMBERS. NOTE: JAMES COWLEY – 309 BOULEVARD. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL
Argyll (H 923) or Argyle (both names used), built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1906 and owned at the time of her loss by Gt. Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 280 tons. On June 15th, 1915, Argyll was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-11 (Walter Gottfried Schmidt), 12 miles ESE of Harwich. 7 persons were lost.
1. ALDAN, ALBERT (46), First Engineer, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Aldan; husband of Ada Aldan (nee Turner), of 4, St. Andrew’s St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BOWLES, FREDERICK JAMES (35), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of Emma Bowles, and the late William Bowles; husband of Maud Bowles (nee Shores), of 6, Rugby St., Hull. Born at Southwick, Brighton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. COWLAM, JOHN HENRY (29), Fireman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of John Henry and Eliza Cowlam; husband of Alice Cowlam (nee Pearson), of 3, Willow Grove, Somerset St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. SOARDS, ARTHUR ERNEST (54), Skipper, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Husband of Frances Ellen Soards, of 60A, New Kent Rd., London, Memorial: Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery 5. TURNER, ALBERT (21), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of Frederick and Margaret Turner, of 50, Railway Cottages, Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. WISE, ARTHUR (42), Steward, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Robert and Arabella Wise; husband of Maud Alice Wise (nee Lewis), of 1, Auckland Avenue, Gillett St., Hull. Born at Newport, Isle of Wight. His brother Walter Herbert Wise also fell, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. WISE, WALTER HERBERT (46), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Robert and Arabella Wise; husband of Emily Wise (nee Fell), of 3, Ebor Avenue, Eastbourne St., Hull. Born at Bristol. His brother Arthur Wise also fell, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205507
