BORN BRADFORD 14/02/1881. SON OF JOHN AND ANN ELIZABETH FEARNLEY. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HIS WIFE ALICE & CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS ACCORDING TO NAVY RECORDS. HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY A MINE ON 12/09/1917, AND HE WAS LOST AT SEA, AGED 36. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM – 13/09/1918.
The British trawler Asia was sunk on 12 September 1917 by a mine from the German submarine UC-40 (Hermann Menzel) off Bressay Island. 7 of the crew were killed. Jan Lettens 01/10/2009 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board People on board HMT ASIA123 1. BELL, JAMES ARTHUR , Engineman (no. 862ES), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. BENJAMIN, JOHN DUXFIELD (31), Lieutenant, HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Husband of M. A. Benjamin, of 60, Eastbourne Rd., Darlington, Co. Durham, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. CUMMINGS, WILLIAM (35), Trimmer (no. 6219TS), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Son of Mrs. J. Davidson, of Commonty, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 4. FEARNLEY, EPHRAIM , Second Hand (no. 1972SA), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. LAING, JOHN (42), Engineman (no. 1840ES), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Son of the late John and Hannah Laing, of South Shields; husband of Mary Duncan Laing, of 36, St. Clair St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 6. MACDONALD, MALCOLM JOHN (23), Wireless Telegraph Operator (no. 172WTS), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Son of George and Elizabeth Macinnes Macdonald, of Lochside, Lairg, Sutherlandshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 7. PATTULLO, WILLIAM (27), Trimmer (no. 6242TS), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, †12/09/1917, Son of David and Margaret Chaplir Pattullo, of 35, Howard St., Arbroath, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59842
