BORN CROYDON, 08/05/1885. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY DICKINSON AND LILY DICKINSON. MARRIED AT HULL, ON 22/11/1908. HIS WIFE FLORENCE TAMS, AND FOUR DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 2 MILTON TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 11 RIBBLE AVENUE, RIBBLE STREET, HULL AND 10 ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE SERVED AS SECOND ENGINEER, ON THIS MINESWEEPER ‘KING EMPEROR’ WHICH SANK DURING A COLLISION ON 04/02/1916. FIVE CREW WERE LOST.
On February 4th, 1916, the British steamer HMT KING EMPEROR, built in 1914 and operated by British Royal Navy, was lost after a collision. 8 people lost their lives.
1. COOK, THOMAS ARTHUR , Skipper, HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Chatham Naval Memorial
2. DICKINSON, GEORGE , Engineman (no. 2550ES), Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. GILLARD, JAMES , Second Hand (no. 1610/SA), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Father of A. S. Doy, of 70, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Hull Western Cemetery
4. GREEN, ARTHUR FREDERICK (44), Engineman (no. 2811ES), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, Son of James Arthur and Francis Green, of Hull; husband of Alice Green, of 9, Alexander Terrace. Bean St., Hull, Chatham Naval Memorial
5. NEWBIGGING (19), Signaller (no. Clyde Z/3722), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Newbigging, of 21, Drive Rd., Linthouse, Govan, Glasgow, Memorial: Glasgow (Craigton) Cemetery
6. STAHL , Lieut-Commander, HMT King Emperor, Royal Navy, †04/02/1916, Memorial: Farnham Civil Cemetery
7. TAYLOR, FREDERICK JAMES (23), Trimmer (no. 3034TS), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Henry and Jessie Taylor, of Hull; husband of Minnie Taylor, of 111, Havelock St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Chatham Naval Memorial
8. WARD, GEORGE ERNEST (32), Deck Hand (no. 5869/DA), Son of George and Melinda Ann Ward, of Hull; husband of Martha Ann Ward, of 169, Somerset St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery, Memorial: Hull Northern Cemetery
Dickinson, George
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
2550
Rank:
Engineman
Date Died
04/02/1916
Place died:
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK
Age:
32
