Nolan, Vincent Michael

BORN HULL 1903. SON OF THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM & ANN NOLAN. CROWNED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 14. HIS BROTHER, PTE EDWARD NOLAN, EYR, WAS ALSO KILLED, ON 04/11/1914, AGED 21. BOTH ARE LISTED ON THE HULL BOYS CLUB MEMORIAL, ROPER STREET. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR.
The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captain and 23 of the crew were killed. Four men were taken prisoner by the submarine.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS CAMBRIC
ABDUL MUHAMMAD , Fireman, S.S. CAMBRIC, Indian Merchant Service, †31/10/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai
ANDERSON, ALFRED ERNEST (19), Mess Room Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Anderson, (nee Beall), of 113, West Parade, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
ANGELO, NICOLAS (38), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Born in Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BARTON, EDWARD , Seaman (no. 2135A), S.S. Cambric, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/10/1917, Son of Fredrick and Alice Barton, of Folkestone; husband of Emily H. Barton, of 114, Guildhall St., Folkestone, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
BITROS, COSTAS (27), Sailor, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Born in Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BRADY, BERNARD (18), Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Mary Ada Brady, of 4, Richmond Terrace, Kent St., Hull, and the late John Brady, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
BUTTERILL, ELI (61), Second Engineer, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of the late John and Sarah Butterill. Born at Thorne, Doncaster, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
CLIFFORD, TOM MOSSOP (57), Mate, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of the late Thomas Atkinson Clifford and Emily Elizabeth Arm Clifford; husband of Sarah Eleanor Clifford (nee Langstaff), of 22, Stirling St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
DENIS, GEORGE (25), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Born in U.S.A, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
DIXON, WILLIAM HENRY (19), Assistant Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Lucy Dixon, of 4, Nottingham Avenue, Stepney, Hull, and the late William Henry Dixon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
FORD, WILLIAM ALBERT (22), Seaman (no. 5874A), S.S. Cambric, Royal Naval Reserve, †31/10/1917, Son of George and Ellen Ford, of North Ferriby, Yorks, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
GILIMBIS, GEORGE (34), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Husband of Gladys Gilimbis (nee Proctor), of 5, Hull’s Place, Osbourne St., Hull. Born at Syra, Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
GRANTHAM, ERNEST NORMAN (28), Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Ralph and Amelia Ellen Grantham, husband of Edit