Hardy, James White

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1871. SON OF HENRY HARDY (1846-1931) & MARY ANN PROUDLEY (1848-1933), OF 3 WOODHOUSE STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL. MARRIED HARRIET BARLOW (1875-1947), AT HULL IN 1896. THEY LIVED AT 16 SUSANNAH’S TERRACE, LEE SMITH STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH HARDY (29) WAS LOST ON THE SAME SHIP, ON 12/04/1917. ANOTHER BROTHER, JOHN THOMAS HARDY DIED IN 1918, AGED 40. ANOTHER BROTHER, SAMUEL HARDY, SERVED IN 6TH COMPANY, RAMC AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY WITH DEFECTIVE VISION.
SS Toro, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3066 tons.
On April 12th, 1917, Toro, on a voyage from Alexandria to Hull with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-55 (Wilhelm Werner), 200 miles WNW of Ushant (Ouessant). 14 persons were lost.
1. ANDERSSON, CHARLES (37), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Olaus Andersson, of Karlskrona, Sweden, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. BATEMAN, LEONARD ADDEY (15), Assistant Steward, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/03/1917, Son of Alice Bateman, of 42, Raywell St., Hull, and the late Sam Walmsley Bateman, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. CROCKETT, JOHN MOLYNEUX (25), Third Engineer, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of John Molyneux Crockett and Louisa Crockett; husband of Elsie May Crockett (nee Addey), of 42, Queensgate St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. HARDY, JAMES WHITE (46), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Hardy; husband of Harriett Hardy (nee Barlow), of 16, Susannah Terrace, Lee Smith St., Hull. Born at Bridlington, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
5. HARDY, JOSEPH EDWARD (29), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Hardy, of 3, Woodhouse St., Hedon Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. HARWOOD, SAMUEL WILLIAM (45), Chief Engineer, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Husband of Ada Cecilia Harwood, of 7, Airlie St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. LLOYD (46), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/191
8. MOORHOUSE, ELIJAH (15), Cadet, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Mr. Moorhouse, of Langlands, Parkgate, Rotherham. Born at Rotherham,
9. OLSSON, ERIK HJALMAR (34), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Klara Olsson, of Lansmansgarden, Malmkoping, Sweden. Born in Sweden.
10. OXENDALE, ALFRED (24), Assistant Cook, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of William Francis and Charlotte Ann Oxendale, of 5, Green Crescent, Green Lane, Hull,
11. SHARPE, WILLIAM HENRY (37), Steward, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of the late William Henry and Helen Sharpe; husband of Caroline Ausinder Sharpe (nee Salkeld), of 13, Pitt St., Albert Avenue, Hull. Born in London,
12. SLADE, ARTHUR ERNEST (25), Sailor, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of William James Slade, of 24, Foundry Bridge Buildings, Norwich, Norfolk, and the late Mary Elizabeth Slade. Born at Smallburgh, Norfolk, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
13. SPENCER, WILLIAM (39), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Joseph Spencer, of 18, Probys R