BORN HULL 1895. STEP SON OF PATRICK JOHN O’CONNOR & SON OF ELIZABETH ELLEN (LAMB). SON OF A FISHERMAN.
A TRIMMER ON THE STEAM SHIP “CORNELIAN”. LOST AT SEA, ON 14/01/1916, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, BENJAMIN FAIRFIELD, WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL (HDM 19/08/1916)
On 14/01/1916 the Hull steam trawler CORNELIAN (H506) was posted missing:- Lost with all hands. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151937
CREW LOST ON CORNELIAN (H506), missing in North Sea, 14th January, 1916. ADDY, Thomas (22), 42 Queens Gate st, Hull. Bosun FAIRFIELD, Joseph (21), 38 Walcott st, Hull. Trimmer GREENWOOD, George (34), 21 Cecil rd, Sheffield. 4th/Hand KEMBER, Percy (23), 9 Conway st, Hull. 2nd/Engineer KNOX, Robert (46), 81 Middleton st, Hull. Chief Engineer MARSHALL, James (37), 197 North Boulevard, Hull. Skipper MILLINGTON, William (18), 85 Glasgow st, Hull. Sparehand NEADLEY, Charles (37), 9 Edith-ter, Westbourne st, Hull. 2nd/Engineer PALMER, Leonard (40), 2 Prince-ave, West Dock st, Hull. Cook SANDERSON, Ernest (47), Portland-ave, Wellsted st, Hull. 3rd/Hand
