BORN HULL 23/09/1881. WIFE MAY EMERSON LIVED ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS.
DRUMOAK FV (a 516) was a British Admiralty trawler of 208grt built in 1902 for the North of Scotland Steam Fishing, Aberdeen-reg A516. On the 14th August 1914 she was as minesweeper, unarmed, Admiralty No.342, Skipper Robert Smith Ellington Rnr. Believed mined and sunk. Skipper and 9 ratings lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144906
1. COWIE, WILLIAM (29), Second Engineman (no. 17/TS), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Son of William Cowie, of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire; husband of Jeanie Ross Cowie, of 76, Nelson St., Aberdeen. Born at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. ELLINGTON, JAMES BRYCE , Engineman (no. 18ES), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 3. ELLINGTON, ROBERT SMITH , Skipper, HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 4. EMERSON, JOHN , Deck Hand (no. 50DA), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 5. FOGGO, ANDREW SWAN (41), Trimmer (no. 450TS), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Son of the late David Foggo, of Dysart, Fifeshire. Served for 12 years in the Royal Horse Artillery, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 6. LEIGHTON, WILLIAM KING (38), Deck Hand (no. 1173/DA), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Leighton, of Mossend, Lanarkshire; husband of Elizabeth Leighton, of 58, Castle St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 7. LEONARD, FREDERICK (25), Deck Hand (no. 125DA), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Son of Frederick Albert Edward Leonard, of 37, Barcroft St., New Cleethorpes, Lincs. Native of Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. MURTEY, WILLIAM BREWSTER (19), Deck Hand (no. 1510DA), HMT Drumoak, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/10/1914, Son of Amy Elizabeth Murtey, of 50, High St., Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, and the late George Thomas Murtey, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. THURSTON, ALBERT ERNEST , Petty Officer 2nd Class (no. 187447), HMT Drumoak, Royal Fleet Reserve, †05/10/1914, Service: RFR/CH/B/2565, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144906
