BORN HULL 1877. SON OF ELIZA & JOHN WILLIAM HAGUE. HE WAS A CHIEF OFFICER WITH THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HIS MERCHANT VESSEL WAS MINED IN THE WAR AND HE DROWNED ON 12/02/1916, AGED 39. HIS WIFE SARAH ANN (WILSON) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 15 VICTORIA AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL. HE WAS A FORMER TRINITY HOUSE BOY AND IS RECORDED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL ROH. HE IS ALSO LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 25TH FEBRUARY 1916. *
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED, ON HULL’S WELLSTED STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 25 September 1916)
SS Leicester, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1891 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Central Railway, Grimsby, was a British steamer of 1001 tons. On February 12th, 1916, Leicester, on a voyage from Portsmouth to Cromarty with general cargo, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-6 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow), 2.5 miles SExE from Folkestone Pier. 17 persons were lost.
1. BRUMUND, GERHARD FREDERICK WILLIAM (41), Cook, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Henry and the late Betty Brumund; husband of Frances Annie Brumund (nee Coleman), of 48, Crow Hill Avenue, Cleethorpes. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. CHARLTON, ROBERT (44), First Engineer, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Elizabeth Charlton and the late George Brown Charlton; husband of Miriam Charlton (nee Stapleton), of 172, Wellholme Rd., Grimsby. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. COSMAN, ERNEST (41), Second Engineer, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of the late John Cosman and Eliza Cosman; husband of Sarah Annie Cosman (nee Pyman), of 136, Legsby Avenue, Grimsby. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. CUMBLIDGE, JOHN HENRY , Steward, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Memorial: Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery 5. DALES, ALFRED (50), Able Seaman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Memorial: Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery 6. EDMONDS, GEORGE EDWARD (58), Able Seaman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of the late George and Emma Edwards. Born at Brighton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. GOODEY, EDWARD (32), Fireman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of the late Jonathan Goodey; husband of Harriet Goodey (nee Johnson), of 28, Phelps St., New Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. HAGUE, ERNEST (39), Second Mate, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of the late John William and Eliza Hague; husband of Sarah Ann Hague (nee Wilson), of 15, Victoria Avenue, Wellsted St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. HARRINGTON, GEORGE HERBERT (26), Able Seaman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Thomas and Eliza Harrington, Back of 13, Grimsby Rd New Cleethorpes, Grimsby. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. HOLLINGSWORTH, ARTHUR (22), Donkeyman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Joseph and Kate Hollingsworth; husband of Elizabeth Hollingsworth (nee Webster), of 31, Tennyson St., Grimsby Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. HUDSON, ALBERT (52), Donkeyman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Mary Bush Hudson, of 27, Queen St., Grimsby, and the late Thomas Hudson. Born at Muckton, Louth, Lincs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. LARSON, CHARLES BADEN (15), Mess Room Boy, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Eva Violet Coo (formerly Larson), and the late William Larson, of 32, Levington St., Grimsby. Born at Gorleston-on-Sea, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. PARKER, ARTHUR (43), Fireman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Susan and the late Henry Parker; husband of the late Lilian Parker (nee Raworth). Born at Runham Market, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. SHEPHERD, EDWARD (31), Fireman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of Martha Shepherd and the late John Lewis Shepherd; husband of Mary Jane Shepherd (nee Marfleet), of 1, Lyndhurst Terrace, Cleethorpes, Lincs. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. SMITH, HARRY CLARKE (53), Fireman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Son of the late William and Rhoda Smith. Born at Ely, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. WRINGE, ARTHUR GEORGE (51), Fireman, SS Leicester, Mercantile Marine, †12/02/1916, Husband of Ellen Wringe (nee Osman), of 110, Stirling St., Grimsby, Lincs. Born at Brightlingsea, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73293
