Gill, William Matthew

BORN HULL 15/5/1873. SON OF WILLIAM MATHEW & MRS REBECCA JOHNSON ABOVE ADDRESS. MARRIED 1905 – KATE HARGREAVES. LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.

Resto FV (GY1209) was a British registered steam trawler that was posted missing on the 25th February 1915. She was fishing in the North Sea at the time of the loss. 9 lives lost.

1. ABREHART, VICTOR ARTHUR (28), Deck Hand, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Husband of Rose Emma Abrehart, of 5, Wesley St., Lowestoft. Born at Mitcham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BISHOP, CHRISTOPHER , Skipper, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. CARRATT, JOSEPH (39), Cook, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Husband of Annie Carratt, of 4, George St., Cleethorpes. Born at Louth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. COLE, ALBERT EDWARD (27), Third Hand, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Husband of Caroline Annie Cole, of 162, Victor St., Grimsby. Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. GEAR, JOHN WILLIAM (49), Second Hand, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Husband of Rose Gear, of 110, Thorold St., Grimsby. Born at Greenwich, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. GILL, WILLIAM MATTHEW (39), Second Engineer, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Son of Mrs. Johnson, of 630, Hessle Rd., Dairycoates, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. MCPHUN, JOHN (50), First Engineer, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Husband of Maggie McPhun, of 30, Coombe St., New Cleethorpes. Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. NORGATE, JOHN SAMUEL (21), Fourth Hand, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Eliza Norgate, of 58, College St., Cleethorpes. Born at Gorleston, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. PALMER, CHARLES ALEXANDER (18), Trimmer, FV Resto, Mercantile Marine, †25/02/1915, Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

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First name:
WILLIAM MATTHEW
Rank:
2nd Engineer
Date Died
25/02/1915
Place died:
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age:
42
630 , HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK