BORN HULL 1892. SON OF REUBEN & ADA E. JACKSON, OF 29 PELHAM STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN OLD TRINITY HOUSE BOY. WORKED FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE FOR 17 YEARS & LATER WITH MESSRS DAVID RUSSELL AT EDINBURGH & LEITH FOR 13 YEARS. HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE HULL VESSEL, ‘CAMBRIC’ TORPEDOED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON 31ST OCTOBER 1917. HE IS REMEMBERED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS WIDOW MRS A JACKSON LIVED AT 158 BEAN STREET & AT 102 WELBECK STREET, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 8TH NOVEMBER & 6TH DECEMBER, 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captain and 23 of the crew were killed. Four men were taken prisoner by the submarine.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS CAMBRIC
ABDUL MUHAMMAD , Fireman, S.S. CAMBRIC, Indian Merchant Service, †31/10/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai
ANDERSON, ALFRED ERNEST (19), Mess Room Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Anderson, (nee Beall), of 113, West Parade, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
ANGELO, NICOLAS (38), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Born in Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BARTON, EDWARD , Seaman (no. 2135A), S.S. Cambric, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/10/1917, Son of Fredrick and Alice Barton, of Folkestone; husband of Emily H. Barton, of 114, Guildhall St., Folkestone, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
BITROS, COSTAS (27), Sailor, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Born in Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BRADY, BERNARD (18), Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Mary Ada Brady, of 4, Richmond Terrace, Kent St., Hull, and the late John Brady, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BUTTERILL, ELI (61), Second Engineer, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of the late John and Sarah Butterill. Born at Thorne, Doncaster, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CLIFFORD, TOM MOSSOP (57), Mate, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of the late Thomas Atkinson Clifford and Emily Elizabeth Arm Clifford; husband of Sarah Eleanor Clifford (nee Langstaff), of 22, Stirling St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
DENIS, GEORGE (25), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Born in U.S.A, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
DIXON, WILLIAM HENRY (19), Assistant Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Lucy Dixon, of 4, Nottingham Avenue, Stepney, Hull, and the late William Henry Dixon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
FORD, WILLIAM ALBERT (22), Seaman (no. 5874A), S.S. Cambric, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/10/1917, Son of George and Ellen Ford, of North Ferriby, Yorks, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
GILIMBIS, GEORGE (34), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Husband
