BORN BARTON 1882. PRIOR TO WAR WORKED FOR PICKERING AND HALDANE FISHING COMPANY. HIS SHIP WAS MINED BY UBOAT 7. 11 DIED. WIDOW JENNIE & THREE CHILDREN ABOVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 3RD MAY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
Lena Melling, built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby in 1915 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 274 tons. On April 23rd, 1916, Lena Melling was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-7 (Georg Haag), 1 1/2 miles southwest from the Elbow lightvessel. 11 persons were lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?118440
People on board HMT LENA MELLING123 1. BURTON, JOHN EDWARD (37), Engineman (no. 4223ES), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Husband of Eleanor Mary Burton, of 3, Chapel Terrace, Dean’s Rd., South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. BUTCHART, JAMES ROBERT (28), Deck Hand (no. 9354DA), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of William and Hannah Eliza Butchart, of 51, Windsor Terrace, South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. COTTON, CHARLES SAMUEL (31), Leading Deck Hand, HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †24/04/1916, Son of George and Elizabeth Cotton, of 120, Cavendish St., Ipswich; husband of Adelaide Cotton, of 61, Cavendish St., Ipswich, Memorial: Ipswich Old Cemetery 4. HORNE, GEORGE , Skipper, HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. IRVINE, JAMES ROBERT (42), Deck Hand (no. 9385DA), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of Magnus and Catherine Irvine; husband of Mary Ann Burnip (formerly Irvine), of 117, Alice St., High Shields. Born at Unifirth, Shetland, Memorial: South Shields (Harton) Cemetery 6. JONES, JOHN LEONARD (21), Second Hand (no. 1924DA), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of William Jones, of 50, Ferndale Rd., Hoylake, Cheshire, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 7. LAMBERT, JOHN WILLIAM (41), Engineman (no. 542ES), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of John W. and Mary A. Lambert; husband of H. M. Lambert, of 10, Whitby Avenue, Whitby St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. ROBSON, THOMAS RICHARDS (31), Trimmer (no. 4485TS), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of William and Jane Robson, of Consett, Co. Durham; husband of Margaret A. Robson, of 26, Walpole St., South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. SHERRIT , Deck Hand (no. 9386/DA), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Memorial: Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery 10. STEWARDSON, RICHARD (38), Deck Hand (no. 9454/DA), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of William and Elizabeth Jane Stewardson; husband of Elizabeth Stewardson, of 3, Chichester Place, South Shields, Memorial: South Shields (Harton) Cemetery 11. TAYLOR, ALEXANDER CASTLE (32), Trimmer (no. 5298TS), HMT Lena Melling, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/04/1916, Son of Mrs. Nicol, of 40, Albion St., Aberdeen; husband of Isabella Langslow Taylor, of 70A, West North St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?118440
