BORN HULL 1887. SECOND SON OF ROBERT MATTHEWS (1857-1901) AND JANE ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. SON OF A MERCHANT MARINER. ELDER BROTHER, CHARLES AND TWO SISTERS, ALICE AND MARGARET.
WIFE MARGARET HANNAH MATTHEWS & CHILDREN LESLIE & MARJORIE LIVED AT 19, CAMDEN STREET, HULL.
ISSUED WITH MASTER’S CERTIFICATE, ON 12 Oct 1907. SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER ON THE STEAM TRAWLER “IBIS”. LOST AT SEA ON 12/05/1917, AGED 31
PROBATE ADDRESS. LEFT £201 TO HIS WIDOW.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/05/1919.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR AND TRINITY HOUSE WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL. NO CWGC RECORD.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Rank:
Chief Engineer
Date Died
12/05/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
31
19, CAMDEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
