BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ELIZABETH ANN ELLIS (1859-1939) & JOHN THOMAS ELLIS (1844-1892). HIS FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN. HIS WIDOWED MOTHER REMARRIED IN 1893, BECAME MRS THARRATT AND LIVED AT 10 DORSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HE MARRIED SARAH JANE. THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS AND TWO SONS. A JOINER. THEY LIVED AT 16, VICTORIA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 344, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE WAS SKIPPER, OF THE HULL TRAWLER, “SOUTHWARD HO”. LOST WITH ALL HANDS, ON 27/05/1915, AGED 29.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, WITH HIS BROTHERS, – BENJAMIN ELLIS, SKIPPER OF THE TRAWLER “EXPEDIENT”, SUNK 27/05/1917, AGED 32 & JOSEPH JACK ELLIS, LOST ON THE TRAWLER, “QUAIR, ON 03/11/1916, AGED 30. ANOTHER BROTHER, ERNIE, WAS LOST ON HMT ‘SEA HORSE’ ON 05/13/1913.
On 27/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler SOUTHWARD HO (H456) was lost with all hands due to enemy action 88 miles E.x N. of Spurn Head. Also reported as Missing, lost all hands. Vessel built in 1899 by Doig & Broadley.
PEOPLE ON BOARD FISHING VESSEL ‘SOUTHWARD HO’
ELLIS, THOMAS , Skipper, Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, 344 Boulevard. Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HARRISON, W (44), Second Hand, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Harrison, of 78, Glasgow St., Hull. Born at Ryhill, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
MORTIMER, E W (32), First Engineer, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Mortimer, of 16, Joshua Avenue, Madeley St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NICHOLSON, W (20), Second Engineer, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Nicholson, of 40, Scarborough St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NOBBS, J W (47), Boatswain, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Nobbs, of Albert Avenue, Selby St., Hull. Born at Yarmouth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
PALMER, ARTHUR (30), Fourth Hand, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
PEARSON, J (57), Trimmer, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Born at York, 56 St James St., Hull
SMITH, GEORGE (36), Third Hand, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Smith, of 76, Wassand St., Hull. Born at Yarmouth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
WOOLMER, GEORGE (38), Cook, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, †27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Woolmer, of 56, Naylor’s Row, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
