BORN HULL 1902. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD & DAISEY KNIGHT, OF 10, WORSLEY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL AND 15, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL ADDRESS. LOST ON THE MERCANT VESSEL “HIGHBURY”. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 31/05/1917, AGE 15. HIS CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS, WAS 15, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL, HULL, AND THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
SS Highbury, built by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland in 1912 and operated at the time of her loss by Britain SS. Co. Ltd. (Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd.), London, was a British steamer of 4831 tons. On June 14th, 1917, Highbury, on a voyage from Antofagasta to Birkenhead with a cargo of nitrate, was sunk by the German submarine U-82 (Hans Adam), 100 miles WSW from Bishop Rock. 40 persons were lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150929
