BORN HULL 31/05/1892. SON OF HENRY & SARAH ANN GRANTHAM ABOVE ADDRESS. SINGLE MAN. WAS A CERTIFIED SEAMAN. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. A DECK HAND ON THE TRAWLER “ERA”. DIED AT SEA ON 11TH JULY 1916.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH APPEARS IN HULL DAILY MAIL 21/07/1916. THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD OF HIS DEATH.
HMT Era was sunk by gunfire from German Uboat U-69 off Aberdeen.
People on board People on board HMT ERA123 1. NOEL, GEORGE , Skipper, Mentioned in Despatches, HMT Era, Mercantile Marine, †13/07/1916, Memorial: Hamburg Cemetery Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?220865
First name:
JAMES ALFRED
Regiment:
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
11/07/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
24
41, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
