BORN BARTON 1889. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM LEFTLY OF 10 KATES TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED CATHERINE GIBBS BOWDEN, AT WEST DERBY, LIVERPOOL, IN APRIL 1918 AND LIVED IN BOOTLE, LIVERPOOL. 7 LOST WHEN SHIP SANK.
SS Port Hardy, built by Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast in 1907 and owned at the time of her loss by Commonwealth & Dominion Line, Ltd., London, was a British steamer of 6533 tons. On July 6th, 1918, Port Hardy, on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Genoa with a cargo of frozen meat, wheat & oats, was sunk by the German submarine U-91 (Alfred von Glasenapp), 78 miles WxN of Cape Spartel. 7 persons were lost. People on board People on board SS PORT HARDY123 1. BLUNDELL, THOMAS (28), Fireman, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of Catherine Blundell and the late Thomas Blundell; husband of Catherine Blundell (nee Mullen), of 6 Court, 11 House, Cazneau St., Liverpool. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. JEWELL, WILLIAM (37), Storekeeper, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of Ann Jewell, and the late Henry Jewell; husband of Mabel Edith Jewell (nee Sandle), of 76, Roscoe St., Canning Town, London. Born at Canning Town, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. KAY, THOMAS (29), Fireman, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of the late Thomas and Margaret Kay; husband of Elizabeth Kay (nee Hynes), of 1, Flinders St., Commercial Rd., Liverpool. Born at St. Helens, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. LEFTLY, CHARLES HENRY (29), Greaser, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of the late John William Leftly; husband of Catherine Gibbs Leftly (nee Bowden), of 21, Breeze Hill, Walton, Bootle, Lancs. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. MEIL, JOHN (25), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of Mrs. Jessie Meil, of 15, Eskdale Rd., Crosshill, Glasgow. Born at Orkney, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. MILLER, WILLIAM (30), Second Engineer, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of Thomson and Jessie Miller, of 3, Parkhill Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. MOSS, ARTHUR FREDERICK (19), Trimmer, SS Port Hardy, Mercantile Marine, †06/07/1918, Son of Albert Henry and Mabel Elizabeth Moss (nee Holland), of 21, Milton Road, Edmonton, Middlesex, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162692
