BORN HULL 14/09/1883. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & FANNY DRY. MARRIED 1908. WIFE ALICE OBRIDGE (1884-1952), LIVED AT 48, FLINTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, GEORGINA, TOM AND ALICE. WEEKLY WAR PENSION WAS 36 SHILLINGS.
HMT Sapper sank with all hands on a mine laid on December 24, 1917 by the German minelaying submarine UC-71. Per Admiralty records, the explosion was witnessed by both the Owers Light Vessel and the steamer Tewfikieh. Sapper though was posted as missing; the linking to UC 71’s minefield has become clear only in recent years.
1. DRY, TOM (34), Engineman of 48, Flinton St., Hessle Rd.,
2. EVANS, JOHN CLOW (30), Able Seaman (no. VR/3626),
3. FULCHER, CHARLES WILLIAM , Deck Hand (no. 4284DA),
4. HUGHES, HUGH (24), Trimmer (no. 5713TS), HMT Sapper,
5. JONES, HENRY (35), Lieutenant, D S C, HMT Sapper,
6. LACE, THOMAS (26), Deck Hand (no. 10805DA), HMT Sapper,
7. LARDNER, JOSEPH FISHWICK (34), Deck Hand
8. LEGGETT, ALFRED JAMES (19), Able Seaman
9. LUCOCK, JOHN JOSEPH (35), Leading Seaman (no. 3520C),
10. MOORE, WALTER DAVID (19), Deck Hand (no. 12107DA),
11. O’NEILL, JOHN OSWALD (18), Ordinary Telegraphist
12. O’NEILL, PETER (32), Trimmer (no. 906ST), HMT Sapper, l
13. PINE, THOMAS (47), Second Hand (no. 2038SA),
14. SKINNER, WILLIAM (18), Deck Hand (no. 16478DA),
15. SUTTON, THOMAS WILLIAM (28), Ordinary Seaman (no.
16. THOMSON, CHARLES (24), Skipper, HMT Sapper,
17. WARRELL, FREDERICK ALFRED (22), Telegraphist
18. WHINCUP, JOHN WILLIAM HENRY (34), Engineman Son of Alfred and Sarah Ann Whincup, of Hull; husband of Jane Harriet Whincup, of 5, Olive Grove, Flinton St., Hessle Rd., Hull,
19. WILMOT, ALFRED EDGAR (21), Deck Hand (no. 11029DA),
