BORN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN 1883. SON OF OLAF EDWARD & IDA CHARLOTTE OLSSON. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS BROTHER KARL OLLSON WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA, IN 1915.
People on board SS TORO123 1. ANDERSSON, CHARLES (37), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Olaus Andersson, of Karlskrona, Sweden, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BATEMAN, LEONARD ADDEY (15), Assistant Steward, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/03/1917, Son of Alice Bateman, of 42, Raywell St., Hull, and the late Sam Walmsley Bateman, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. CROCKETT, JOHN MOLYNEUX (25), Third Engineer, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of John Molyneux Crockett and Louisa Crockett; husband of Elsie May Crockett (nee Addey), of 42, Queensgate St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. HARDY, JAMES WHITE (46), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Hardy; husband of Harriett Hardy (nee Barlow), of 16, Susannah Terrace, Lee Smith St., Hull. Born at Bridlington, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. HARDY, JOSEPH EDWARD (29), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Henry and Mary Ann Hardy, of 3, Woodhouse St., Hedon Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. HARWOOD, SAMUEL WILLIAM (45), Chief Engineer, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Husband of Ada Cecilia Harwood, of 7, Airlie St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. LLOYD (46), Fireman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. MOORHOUSE, ELIJAH (15), Cadet, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Mr. Moorhouse, of Langlands, Parkgate, Rotherham. Born at Rotherham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. OLSSON, ERIK HJALMAR (34), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Klara Olsson, of Lansmansgarden, Malmkoping, Sweden. Born in Sweden, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. OXENDALE, ALFRED (24), Assistant Cook, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of William Francis and Charlotte Ann Oxendale, of 5, Green Crescent, Green Lane, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. SHARPE, WILLIAM HENRY (37), Steward, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of the late William Henry and Helen Sharpe; husband of Caroline Ausinder Sharpe (nee Salkeld), of 13, Pitt St., Albert Avenue, Hull. Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. SLADE, ARTHUR ERNEST (25), Sailor, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of William James Slade, of 24, Foundry Bridge Buildings, Norwich, Norfolk, and the late Mary Elizabeth Slade. Born at Smallburgh, Norfolk, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. SPENCER, WILLIAM (39), Able Seaman, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Joseph Spencer, of 18, Probys Row, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, and the late Mary Ann Spencer. Born at Gorey, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. TETHER, DOUGLAS MILNE (25), Second Mate, SS Toro, Mercantile Marine, †12/04/1917, Son of Charles Edwin and Ada Tether, of 12, Marine Parade, Withernsea, Yorkshire. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13491
