BORN HULL 15/11/1891. SON OF EDWARD & HANNAH HILL, OF 18 BARMSTON STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT HULL, 1912. HIS WIFE, AGNES LAVIDA JACKSON AND SON RONALD HILL. LIVED AT 8 EARLES ROW, WILMINGTON, HULL,. NAVAL RECORDS. SHE LATER MOVED TO 112, ORDSALL LANE, SALFORD, MANCHESTER.
On February 15th, 1918 Admiralty trawler JAMES POND (3) and netlayers CHRISTINA CRAIG (10), CLOVER BANK (12), COSMOS (11), JEANNIE MURRAY (15) and SILVER QUEEN (9) were sunk by German destroyers in Dover Straits. The damaged W. ELLIOTT (7) foundered later that day while under tow. People on board People on board HMD CLOVER BANK123 1. ALLSOP, JOSEPH (18), Ordinary Telegraphist (no. Bristol Z/6552), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of Frederick S. and Mary A. Allsop, of Ripley, Derby, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 2. COLBY, JOHN JAMES (30), Skipper, HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Husband of Frances Colby, of 55, Trafalgar Rd. East, Gorleston-on-Sea. Native of Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. COULL (20), Deck Hand (no. 10938/DA), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of Mrs. Hellen Coull, of 1, Carthard St., Port Gordon, Banff, Memorial: Buckie New Cemetery 4. CRAFTER, RICHARD ANDREW (31), Lieutenant, D S C, HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of Richard Andrew Crafter, O.B.E., of Liverpool; husband of Maggie Crafter, of 13, Merton Grove, Bootle, Liverpool, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 5. CRAIG, GEORGE (50), Second Hand (no. 12515DA), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of George Craig, of Eyemouth; husband of Jane Craig, of 2, Spiers Place, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 6. DAVISON, JOHN (19), Telegraphist (no. TynesideZ/10345), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of Matthew and Jane Davison, of 4, Herbert St., Gateshead, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. DUNBAR, ALEXANDER (47), Engineman (no. 1665ES), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of Jessie Dunbar, of Percyhorner, Fraserburgh; husband of Maggie Davidson Dunbar, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 8. EASTON, WILLIAM (17), Deck Boy (no. 1035SBD), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of James and Christina Easton, of 35, Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. GERRIE, JAMES HARPER (36), Deck Hand (no. 137DA), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Son of John and Margaret Gerrie, of 79, North St., St. Andrews, Fife; husband of M. B. Gerrie, of 2, Granton Place, Aberdeen. Born at Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 10. HILL, HARRY (24), Deck Hand (no. 16604DA), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Husband of Mrs. Hill, of 8, Earles Row, Wilmington, Hull, Yorks, Memorial: Dover (St. James’s) Cemetery 11. MORRIS, JOSEPH HENRY (26), Stoker 2nd Class (no. K/45194), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Navy, †15/02/1918, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Morris, of 40, Gellyden, Capel, Llanelly, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 12. MUDD, THOMAS SANAWAY , Engineman (no. 2218ES), HMD Clover Bank, Royal Naval Reserve, †15/02/1918, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257237
