BORN HULL 1895.HULL SHIP, WIFE MRS NICHOLSON LIVED ABOVE. EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER. ENLISTED IN THE RNR. DROWNED 27/05/1915, AGED 20.
On 27/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler SOUTHWARD HO (H456) was lost with all hands due to enemy action 88 miles E.x N. of Spurn Head. Also reported as Missing, lost all hands. Vessel built in 1899 by Doig & Broadley.
PEOPLE ON BOARD FISHING VESSEL ‘SOUTHWARD HO’
ELLIS, THOMAS , Skipper, Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, 344 Boulevard. Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
HARRISON, W (44), Second Hand, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Harrison, of 78, Glasgow St., Hull. Born at Ryhill, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
MORTIMER, E W (32), First Engineer, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Mortimer, of 16, Joshua Avenue, Madeley St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NICHOLSON, W (20), Second Engineer, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Nicholson, of 40, Scarborough St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NOBBS, J W (47), Boatswain, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Nobbs, of Albert Avenue, Selby St., Hull. Born at Yarmouth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
PALMER, ARTHUR (30), Fourth Hand, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
PEARSON, J (57), Trimmer, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Born at York, 56 St James St., Hull
SMITH, GEORGE (36), Third Hand, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Smith, of 76, Wassand St., Hull. Born at Yarmouth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
WOOLMER, GEORGE (38), Cook, Steam Trawler Southward Ho, Mercantile Marine, 27/05/1915, Husband of Mrs. Woolmer, of 56, Naylor’s Row, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
