BORN SWEDEN 1882. CAME TO HULL IN 1906. A FISHERMAN. HUSBAND OF KATE FLORENCE JOHNSON, AT 5, PEASE PLACE, PEASE STREET, HULL.
HE SERVED AS A FIREMAN ON THE STEAM SHIP, ‘PRINCESS DAGMAR’. LOST AT SEA ON 07/05/1918, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON AND THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
Princess Dagmar SS was a British Cargo Steamer of 913grt and was defensively-armed. She was built by Napier & Miller, Old Kilpatrick in 1907and was powered by a steam triple expansion engine which gave 8.5 knots. On the 7th May 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk without warning in the Bristol Channel by German submarine U-54 when on passage from Swansea for France with a cargo of coal. 24 lives lost including Master.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS PRINCESS DAGMAR
ADLINGTON, W (22), Leading Seaman (no. Bristol Z/6497), S.S. Princess Dagmar, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †07/05/1918, Son of Jethro and Lucy Jane Adlington, of Main St., Danesmoor, Chesterfield. Born at Ashover, Memorial: Ashover Cemetery
ANGUS, WILLIAM , Greaser, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BISHOP, T J , Able Seaman, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Memorial: Marhamchurch (St. Marwenne) Churchyard
BISHOP, THOMAS (26), Able Seaman, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Husband of Mary Bishop (nee Coulson), of 25, New Victoria St., Dunston-on-Tyne. Born at Darjeeling, India, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CUBBON, THOMAS JAMES (22), Able Seaman, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Son of Isabella Gertrude Cubbon (nee Faragher), of Mona Cottage, Colby, Isle of Man, and the late Evan Cubbon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HANSEN, JOHAN GUSTAV BERG , Cook, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Son of Nelavine Karoline Nilsen, of Old Age Home of Vaagan, Storvaagan, Norway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HAYTON, HERBERT , Cooks Boy, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HUGHES, THOMAS , Chief Engineer, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Husband of Mrs. Hughes, of 111, Carisbrooke Rd., Walton, Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
JOHNSON, CHARLES (66), Seaman (no. 4136B), S.S. Princess Dagmar, Royal Naval Reserve, †07/05/1918, Husband of the late Elizabeth Johnson, of 3, Carlisle Place, West Hartlepool, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
JOHNSON, VICTOR , Fireman, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Husband of Mrs. Johnson, of 5, Pease Place, Pease St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
JONES, WILLIAM (56), Master, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Son of William and Elizabeth Jones, of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll; husband of Ellen Jones, of 15, Adelaide St., Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire, Memorial: Llanfair-Pwllgwyngyll (St. Mary) Churchyard
KEMP, WILLIAM (31), Winchman, S.S. Princess Dagmar, Mercantile Marine, †07/05/1918, Husband of Ellen Kemp (nee Boyle), of 12, Lord Milton St., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
KILLEY, PHILIP EDWARD (29), Second
