BORN HULL 11/03/1873. SON OF JAMES ARTHUR GREEN (1846-1891) & FRANCIS FARROW GREEN (1847-1908), AT 9 ALEXANDRA TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL. MARRIED ALICE WALKER, AT HOLY TRINITY, HULL, ON 11/09/1895. HIS WIFE ALICE GREEN (1871-1948) LIVED AT 144 , BEAN STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. ARTHUR SERVED AS A TRAWLER ENGINEMAN. HE WAS LOST ON THE MINESWEEPER, ‘KING EMPEROR’, ON 04/02/1916, AGED 44, WHEN THE SHIP COLLIDED OFF SHEERNESS. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, AND ON THE MARFLEET WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL. HE IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE BEAN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916).
On February 4th, 1916, the British steamer HMT KING EMPEROR, built in 1914 and operated by British Royal Navy, was lost after a collision. 8 people lost their lives. (The KING EMPEROR was lifted and back in service, even served in WWII.)
PEOPLE LOST ON BOARD HMT “KING EMPEROR”
1. COOK, THOMAS ARTHUR , Skipper, HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Chatham Naval Memorial
2. DICKINSON, GEORGE , Engineman (no. 2550ES), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Chatham Memorial
3. GILLARD, JAMES , Second Hand (no. 1610/SA), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Father of A. S. Doy, of 70, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Hull Western Cemetery
4. GREEN, ARTHUR FREDERICK (44), Engineman (no. 2811ES), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of James Arthur and Francis Green, of Hull; husband of Alice Green, of 9, Alexander Terrace. Bean St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham
5. NEWBIGGING (19), Signaller (no. Clyde Z/3722), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Newbigging, of 21, Drive Rd., Linthouse, Govan, Glasgow, Memorial: Glasgow (Craigton) Cemetery
6. STAHL , Lieut-Commander, HMT King Emperor, Royal Navy, †04/02/1916, Memorial: Farnham Civil Cemetery
7. TAYLOR, FREDERICK JAMES (23), Trimmer (no. 3034TS), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Henry and Jessie Taylor, of Hull; husband of Minnie Taylor, of 111, Havelock St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Chatham Naval Memorial
8. WARD, GEORGE ERNEST (32), Deck Hand (no. 5869/DA), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of George and Melinda Ann Ward, of Hull; husband of Martha Ann Ward, of 169, Somerset St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery, Memorial: Hull Northern Cemetery
