BORN HULL 1865. WIFE LOUISE MAUD MORLEY & 5 CHILDREN AT 34 , GOULTON STREET, HULL,. SON OF THOMAS MORLEY & MARY ANN (SOWERSBY). A SEAFARING MAN. HE WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE AND WAS WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCK. HE WAS THE ONLY HULL CREW MEMBER OF THE TRAWLER, “FANNY”, WHICH WAS LOST WITH ALL HANDS, IN FEBRUARY 1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/02/1917. *
On 25/01/1917 the steam trawler FANNY sailed from Fleetwood for West of Scotland fishing grounds. The vessel was last seen on the fishing grounds on the 1st February 1917. On 07/02/1917 the FANNY was officially posted as missing. Listed as “Missing since 1st February 1917” believed sunk by U-boat (no claim made) off Dhuheartach Light with the loss of all ten crew.
1. DEBERG, ALFRED (36), Trimmer, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. HUGHES, GEORGE (29), Deck Hand, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Husband of Elizabeth Hughes, of 87, Victoria St., Fleetwood. Born at Fleetwood, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. IDDON, JOHN DENNISON (29), Deck Hand, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Son of Thomas Iddon, of 3, Windsor Place, Fleetwood, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. LEADBETTER, JOSEPH (29), Mate, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Husband of Sarah Leadbetter, of 98, Preston St., Fleetwood. Born at Kirkham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. LEADBETTER, THOMAS (17), Deck Hand, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Son of John Thomas and Sarah Arm Leadbetter, of 9, Queen’s Terrace, Fleetwood, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. MORLEY, THOMAS (52), Chief Engineer, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Husband of Louise Maud Morley, of 34, Goulton St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. NICHOLSON, HUGH (40), Steward, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Son of Edward Nicholson, of 11, Byron St., Fleetwood. Born at Belfast, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. NICHOLSON, THOMAS (34), Boatswain, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Husband of Margaret Nicholson, of 11, Cross St., Fleetwood. Born at Fleetwood, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. NOLAN, DENIS , Skipper, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. WESSELS, FREDERICK HUGH GAULT (23), Second Engineer, FV Fanny, Mercantile Marine, †01/02/1917, Son of Herman Wessels, of 35, Walmsley St., Fleetwood, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
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