BORN HULL 04/08/1896. SON OF JAMES MYERS AND AGNES CLARA (PENNEY) MYERS, OF 8 LINNAEUS GROVE, RUGBY STREET, HULL AT THIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, ON HULL’S FISH STAGE. HE WAS KILLED AT SEA, ON A MINSWEEPER, ON 19/02/1917, AGED 21.
Picton Castle, built by Smith Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough in 1911 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 245 tons. On February 19th, 1917, Picton Castle was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-17 (Ralph Wenninger), 3 m southeast of Dartmouth harbour. 12 persons lost.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMS ‘PICTON CASTLE’
1. BULLENT, JAMES EDWARD , Deck Hand (no. 5595DA), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
2. BURNETT, EDWARD WILLIAM , Seaman (no. 6773A), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
3. CABBLE, HENRY OLIVER , Second Hand (no. 1753SA), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
4. CLAYTON, THOMAS , Deck Hand (no. 6399DA), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
5. DRISCOLL, JAMES , Petty Officer 2nd Class (no. 121797), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Fleet Reserve, 19/02/1917, Service: RFR/DEV/A/1622, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
6. KIPPIN, ALFRED GEORGE (48), Skipper, HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Son of Joseph and Mary Kippin, of Great Yarmouth; husband of Alice Elizabeth Kippin, of 46, Alexandra Terrace, Brynmill, Swansea, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
7. MCDOUGALL, HUGH (45), Deck Hand (no. 4075SD), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Son of Hugh and Euphemia McDougall, of Heather House, Portaskaig, Islay; husband of Isabella McDougall, of Keills, Portaskaig, Islay, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
8. MILLS, CHARLES (30), Engineman (no. 3249ES), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Husband of Annie Mary Mills, of 41, Vivian Rd., Sketty, Swansea, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
9. MYERS, JOHN HENRY , Deck Hand (no. 8348DA), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
10. PENROSE, ALFRED , Trimmer (no. 4212TS), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Son of John William and Caroline Penrose; husband of Marion Penrose of 5, Albany Terrace, Liverpool St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
11. PHILLIPS, JOHN (43), Engineman (no. 3250ES), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Son of John and Eleanor Phillips, of Glos; husband of Martha Jane Phillips, of 7, Llangyfelach St., Swansea, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
12. VEAL, THOMAS COCKING (20), Deck Hand (no. 10296DA), HMS Picton Castle, Royal Naval Reserve, 19/02/1917, Son of Thomas Cocking Veal and Nancy Veal, of Norway House, St. Ives, Cornwall; husband of Esther Crook (formerly Veal), of Thorns, Ashburton, Devon, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
