Born Brixham, Devon, 1861. He married in Hull in 1911. His wife lived at this address.
The Hull trawler EARL (H436) was reported missing in the North Sea on 21/01/1916. The Hull trawler EARL (1916), owned by the Great Northern Steam Fishing Company, was on Saturday given up for lost. The vessel which carried a crew of nine, left Hull on 21st January for a voyage to the North Sea fishing grounds. Nothing has since been heard of the trawler, and it is feared she has been lost with her crew. [Dundee Courier 22.2.1916] Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151938
CREW LOST ON EARL (H436), missing, result of enemy action, 21st January, 1916.
BROWNHILL, A (51), 140 Regent St, Hull. Cook
BUCHAN, William (17), 30 Haddon St, Hull. Trimmer
COATES, William (20), 6 Empringham-Place, Daltry St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
COATES, William (59), 25 Buxton-Ter, Daltry St, Hull. Skipper
JACKSON, Frederick (34), 236 Boulevard, Hull. 2nd/Hand
MASON, W (50), Address not traced. 4th/Hand
MEDWAY, William (55), Nivana-ter, Blundell St, Hull. Bosun – no CWGC Record
NEWMARSH, George (36), 3 Helen-Ter, Marmaduke St, Hull. Bosun
PATTERSON, B (22), 1 Blenheim-Crescent, Rugby St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer.
