BORN HULL 24/061897. SON OF WILLIAM MYERS (1867-1917) & SOPHIA COUPLAND (1871-1917), OF 42 , LORRAINE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A BOY SAILOR ON HMS “HAWKE”, SUNK ON 15/10/1914. PRESUMED DROWNED, AGED 17. HE LEFT YOUNGER SIBLINGS, MABEL, FRANK AND ALICE. BOTH HIS PARENTS DIED IN 1917.
HMS Hawke, British, Edgar class First Class Protected Cruiser. Torpedoed by German submarine U-9 off Aberdeen in the North Sea. The torpedo hit amidships and HMS Hawke capsized within 10 minutes. The destroyer Swift and the steamer Modesta picked up 71 survivors but about 500 crew were lost.
She was part of the 12th Cruiser Squadron and had met with HMS Endymion so she could collect mail. An account of the sinking by a U-Boat crew member : http://www.warships.net/royalnavy/losses/hawk e-sinking.htm)
Myers, Sidney
First name:
SIDNEY
Regiment:
Military Number:
24148
Rank:
Boy 1st Class
Date Died
15/10/1914
Place died:
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT, UK
Age:
17
