Creaser, Edward Archibald

BORN DONCASTER 1885. SON OF JOHN FRANCIS CREASER (1856-1912) & HARRIET ADAMSON (1858-1948). HE MARRIED IN GOOLE, IN 1915. HUSBAND OF EVA BRANHAM, OF 20 FIFTH AVENUE, GOOLE. A SECOND MATE (1911) AND ABLE SEAMAN IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP “UNITY”, BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 02/05/1918, AGED 32. RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
SS Unity, built by Murdoch & Murray, Port Glasgow in 1902 and owned at the time of her loss by Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co., Goole, was a British steamer of 1.091 tons.
On May 2nd, 1918, Unity, on a voyage from Newhaven to Calais with a cargo of ordinance, was sunk by the German submarine UB-57 (Johannes Lohs), 9 miles southeast of Folkestone. 12 persons were lost.
1. APPLEYARD, ERNEST HENRY (37), Fireman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of Ruth Appleyard and the late Godfrey Appleyard; husband of Mary Ellen Appleyard (nee Lloyd), of 167, Dale St., Shipley, Yorks. Born at Goole, Tower Hill Memorial
2. BATEMAN, WILLIAM GOODALL (24), Fireman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of the late George Henry and Jane Elizabeth Bateman; husband of Sophia Bateman (nee Burden), of 85, South St., Goole, Yorks. Born at Goole,
3. CREASER, EDWARD (32), Able Seaman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of Harriet Creaser and the late Francis Creaser; husband of Eva Creaser (nee Bramham), of 20 Fifth Avenue, Goole, Yorks. Born at Doncaster, Tower Hill Memorial
4. GIBSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (42), Fireman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, (Served as WILSON, GEORGE). Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Coulson Gibson (nee Dunbabin), of 98, Major Rd., Stratford, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
5. HANSOME, CHARLES JAMES (18), Fireman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of Charles James and Rosanna Hansome, of 35, Chapel St., Newhaven, Sussex. Born at Brighton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. HETERICK, FRED HOUNSLOW (48), Chief Officer, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of the late John George and Adelaide Heterick; husband of Harriet Elizabeth Heterick (nee Simmons), of 44, Brough St., Goole, Yorks. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. JONES, JOHN (34), Fireman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Born at Holyhead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
8. ROCKETT, JOHN (65), Able Seaman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of the late Matthew Rockett. Born at Brotherton, Yorks, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
9. THOMPSON (39), Chief Engineer, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Husband of Olive Thompson, of 6, Spring Gardens Hook Rd., Goole. Born at Goole,
10. WALSH, JOHN (22), Leading Seaman (no. 8200A), SS Unity, Royal Naval Reserve, †02/05/1918, Son of Martin and Mary Walsh, of Long Walk, Galway, Portsmouth Memorial
11. WEST, SETH (20), Able Seaman (no. Bristol/Z/5758), SS Unity, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †02/05/1918, Son of John Graham West and Martha West, of 30, Hobson Drive, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
12. WHITEHEAD, FREDERICK EDWARD (46), Fireman, SS Unity, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1918, Son of the late John and Elizabeth Whitehead; husband of Ruth Rebecca Wh