BORN HULL 21/8/1863. SON OF WALTER & ANN GRIMSTON – 6 GARDEN STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT HULL, 1884. LEFT WIFE SUSAN GRIMSTON & TWO SONS ALSO SERVING IN THE NAVY. PROBATE ADDRESS ABOVE WHERE HIS BROTHER, ALSO LIVED. JACK WAS LOST WHILE MINE SWEEPING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 3RD APRIL 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
Evangel, built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough in 1914 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 197 tons. On March 25th, 1917, Evangel was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-48 (Kurt Ramien), off Milford Haven. 15 persons were lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147046
1. CONNOR, TIMOTHY (42), Leading Seaman (no. D/1868), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Husband of Bridget Connor, of 26, Howe St., Bootle, Liverpool, Memorial: Milford Haven Cemetery 2. DAVIES , Deck Hand (no. DA/9/88), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Husband of Mary Davies, of 5, Wesleyan Place, Borth, Cardiganshire, Memorial: Penygarn Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery, Tirymynach 3. DAVIES, ALBERT (39), Trimmer (no. 6189TS), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of William Davies, of Hakin, Milford Haven; husband of Esther Davies, of Lower Thornton, Milford Haven, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 4. GRICE, JAMES WILLIAM SAMUEL , Engineman (no. 2376ES), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. GRIMSTON, JOHN WILLIAM , Engineman (no. 377ES), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 6. HARDING, ERNEST JAMES (20), Deck Hand (no. 2958TS), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of Ernest and Catherine Harding, of 12, Marble Hall, Milford Haven, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 7. KIPPS, HAROLD EDGAR (25), Telegraphist (no. London/Z/4620), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of Arthur E. and Ada S. Kipps, of 3, Albert Rd., Brockley, London. Educated at Strand. School, London, Matriculated at London University, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. MEDWAY (29), Deck Hand (no. DA/2449), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of William and Susan Medway; husband of Annie Catherine Medway, of 10, Vicary Street Pill, Milford Haven, Memorial: Milford Haven Cemetery 9. MERCHANT, EDWARD ARTHUR (17), Signal Boy (no. 201SB), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of Lilly Merchant, of 13, Rudkin St., Leicester, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 10. NORTHCOTT, JOHN (51), Second Hand (no. 1244SA), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Husband of M. J. Northcott, of 42, Bolton St., Brixham, Devon, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 11. PEARSON, JOHN , Trimmer (no. 2260TS), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 12. SALISBURY, WILFRED JOHN (18), Telegraphist (no. Bristol/Z/9620), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Salisbury, of 17, Clifton Rd., Rugby, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 13. STANFIELD, BENJAMIN ARTHUR JAMES (18), Deck Hand (no. 2767DA), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of James and Mary A. Stanfield, of 34, St. Annes Rd., Hakin, Milford Haven, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 14. WILLSON, CHARLES (42), Trimmer Cook (no. 336TC), HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Son of Joseph and Jane Ann Wilson of Doncaster; husband of Elizabeth L. Wilson, 12, Pearkesfield Avenue, Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 15. WINCHESTER, WILLIAM JAMES (39), Skipper, HMT Evangel, Royal Naval Reserve, †25/03/1917, Husband of Elizabeth Winchester, of 43A, Penny Lane, Wavertree, Liverpool, Memorial: Liverpool (Toxteth Park) Cemetery Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147046
