BORN SELBY 1901. LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, AMELIA HARMER, OF 3, MYRTLE GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. ALSO, LIVED AT 8, WALCOTT STREET, HULL, WITH ROBERT HARMER, ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS, (1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). LOST AT SEA ON 20/02/1918, AGED 16.
LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE NAVAL MEMORIAL. COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWING, HULL.
The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of coke. ref. used: Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam.
People on board People on board SS HARROGATE123 1. ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (25), Leading Seaman (no. Clyde Z/6604), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of Robert and Elizabeth Glen Anderson, of Speeds Buildings, Whines of Milton, Stirling, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. FAIRWEATHER, JOHN KERR (21), Able Seaman (no. Clyde 2/227), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of David Fairweather (Lieut. and Q.M.R. Scottish Rifles), and Joanna Fairweather, of 61, Reform St., Dundee, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 3. GALVIN, MICHAEL (28), Seaman (no. 5596A), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of John and Kate Galvin of 18. Windmill St., Limerick, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial Read more at wreck site: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133899
