BORN NEWPORT, ON 03/06/1888. HUSBAND OF MARY JANE LONGHORN, OF 1 KINGSTON AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL LOST ON THE S/S “SPEETON”. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/01/1916. * HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN.
HMT Speeton, built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby in 1913 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 205 tons. On December 31st, 1915, HMT Speeton was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-7 (Georg Haag), off Lowestoft. 11 persons were lost. Jan Lettens 01/10/2009 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board HMT SPEETON123 1. BETTS, ALFRED (17), Deck Hand (no. 2782SD), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of Mrs. R. Betts, of 3, Allnutts Estate, Epping, Essex. Native of Croydon, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. GRAY, ALBERT , Deck Hand (no. 8816DA), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. GUMMETT, THOMAS EMANUEL (27), Deck Hand (no. 8404/DA), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of John and Hannah Gummett, of North Shields; husband of Anne Amelia Ross (formerly Gummett, nee Stenhouse), of 20, Dockwray Square, North Shields, Memorial: Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery 4. JONES, FRANCIS , Skipper, HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. LONGHORN, HERBERT , Engineman (no. 4105ES), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. NORVELL, GEORGE ROBERT (31), Skipper, HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of John George and Sarah Norvell, of North Shields; husband of Annie Norvell, of 20, Donkin Terrace, North Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. SABBERTON, WILLIAM (49), Trimmer (no. 4218TS), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of Richard Sabberton, of Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. SAYERS, JAMES (19), Trimmer (no. 4227TS), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of Florence McBride (formerly Sayers), of 15 Victoria Avenue, Hawthorn Avenue, Hessle Rd., Hull, and the late James Sayers, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. STEAD, HAROLD ELLIOTT (23), Deck Hand (no. 8763DA), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of Sarah Ann Milner (formerly Stead), of 85 Ringrose St., Hawthorne Avenue, Anlaby Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 10. STRIDE, GEORGE , Deck Hand (no. 8726DA), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 11. WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES MATTHEW (26), Engineman (no. 4106ES), HMT Speeton, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/12/1915, Son of William and Maria White, of 117, Woodcock St., Hull; husband of Minnie Sybil White, of 9, John St., Kingston Square, Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9894
