BORN HULL 1894. LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS, BENJAMIN AND MARY BARNICOAT, AT 4 MERRICK STREET, HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL TRINITY HOUSE NAVAL SCHOOL BEFORE THE WAR, HE SERVED AS AN APPRENTICE AT THE WILSON LINE. ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR HE RECEIVED A COMMISSION WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE RECEIVED HIS SEAMAN’S CERTIFICATE ON 30/03/1916. SERVED ON THE YACHT “ZAREFAH”. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ON 8/05/1917, AGED 23.
HE IS LISTED ON CHATHAM HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL AND HULL’S TRINITY HOUSE ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS PHOTO APPEARED IN THE HDM ON 15/05/1917 and 08/05/1918. *
BENJAMIN CUTHBERT LEFT £58 IN HIS WILL TO EDITH NASH. SHE WAS THE WIFE OF THOMAS NASH. THE PROBATE ADDRESS GIVEN IS GREAT DRIFFIELD.
First name:
BENJAMIN
Rank:
Submarine Lieutenant
Date Died
08/05/1917
Place died:
CHATHAM HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK
Age:
22
4 MERRICK STREET, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
