BORN HULL 30/01/1896. SON OF GUSTAV WILLIAM FULCHER (1867-1914) & EMILY ANN MORFITT (1872-1924)), OF 60 WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL. HUSBAND OF EMILY FULCHER OF 82 ROSAMOND STREET, HULL. MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS.
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, Royal Naval Reserve, †29/12/1917, Son of George and Charlotte Thomson, of 1, West Lorimer Place, Cockenzie, Prestonpans, Edinburgh, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
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),
