BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN WILSON HALEY (1854-1917) AND ELIZABETH COATES (1856-1926). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
MARRIED IN OCTOBER 1909, AGED 21, HIS WIFE ETHEL JACKSON AND TWO SONS, LIVED AT 30, ENA STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY DURING THE WAR AND WAS LOST ON THE STEAM SHIP “MONTEBELLO” ON 21/06/1918, AGED 29. HE LEFT £164 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH ROH, BOULEVARD. (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS.)
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, SYDNEY ORLANDO HALEY (1890-1916) 34453, YORK & ANCASTER REGIMENT LIVED AT 237 BOULEVARD, HULL. HE WAS KILLED ON 01/10/1916 AND IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
SS Montebello, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons. On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a voyage from London to Hampton Roads, was sunk by the German submarine U-100 (Degenhart von Loë), 320 miles W1/2N from Ushant (Ouessant). 41 persons were lost, included the ship’s Master.
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ANDREW, GEORGE EDWARD (49), Master, Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of the late Henry and Ellen Andrew; husband of Annie Andrew, of 13, Alexandra Crescent, Ilkley, Yorks, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BAXTER, WILLIAM (43), Greaser, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Robert and Isabella C. Paterson Baxter; husband of Susan Baxter (formerly Burns, nee Martin), of 2, St. Andrews Rd., Leith. Born at Leith, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BORG, FRANCIS NICOLAS PETER (20), Mess Room Steward, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Liberato Borg, of 10, Strada Prigione, Vittoriosa, Malta, and the late Lucrezia Abela Borg, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BRACKENBURY, HAROLD (21), Fourth Engineer Officer, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of James and Phoebe Brackenbury (nee Levert), of 217, Boulevard, Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BROWN, A (25), Fireman, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Hester Brown, of 133, Raynham Avenue, Edmonton, London. Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BROWN, CHARLES HENRY (27), Fireman, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Charles Brown, of 7, Beverley Mansions, Church St., Greenwich, London, and the late Elizabeth Brown (nee White), Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CARLSON, G (41), Able Seaman, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Born at Gothenburg, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CARLSON, EDWARD WILLIAM (36), Fireman, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Julia Carlson (nee Neeves), of 22, The Crescent, St. Ann’s Rd., South Tottenham, London, and the late Edward William Carlson. Born at St. George in the East, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CLUBLEY, AUGUSTUS (53), First Engineer, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Husband of Martha Charlotte Clubley, of 36, Coltman St., Hull. Born at Easington, Co. Durham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
COX, REGINALD GEORGE (16), Cabin Boy, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Richard and Elizabeth Cox (nee Whiffin), of Laurel Cottage, Warsash, Southampton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CRAVEN, BERTIE (28), First Mate, S.S. Montebello, Mercantile Marine, †21/06/1918, Son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Craven; husband of Elsie Craven (nee Brown), of 3, Welbeck St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
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