Name: William Henry Jordison
Rank: Stoker 1st
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1895
Birth Place: Stockton, Durham
Branch of Service: Royal Navy
Cause of Death: Died from disease
Official Number Port Division: S.S.114896. (Ch)
Death Date: 31 Oct 1918
Ship or Unit: HM Trawler Oriflamme
Location of Grave: Compt. 99. 9802.
Name and Address of Cemetery: Western Cemetery, Spring Bank, Hull, Yorkshire
Relatives Notified and Address: Sister: Mary 21, Parliament Street, Stockton-on-Tees.
Oriflamme SS was a 3,764grt, defensively-armed British Steam Tanker built in 1899. On the 25th November 1917 when on route from New York for Le Havre & Rouen carrying a cargo of 5,000 tons of benzene she hit a mine laid by German submarine UC-63 and sank when 9 miles South from Nab Light Vessel. Owned by Lane & MacAndrew Ltd, London.
