Born Hull 1865. Son of Elizabeth and Walter Palmer, of Hull. Skipper of the Fishing vessel, “Cruiser”. Lost at sea, on 02/05/1915, aged 48. His widow lived in Aberdeen. he is commemorated on the Tower Hill Naval Memorial, London and on Hull’s Hessle Road, Naval Memorial.
“Cruiser”, built by Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Devlin Jr., Granton, was a British trawler of 146 tons. On May 2nd, 1915, Cruiser was sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-41 (Claus Hansen), 50 miles southeast of Aberdeen. 4 persons were lost.
1. FLEMING, ROBERT WILLIAM (41), Second Engineer, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Son of the late William and Sophia Jane Fleming; husband of Mary Fleming (nee Milne), of 39, St. Clair St., Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. JARWICK, JAMES (64), Cook, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Son of the late James and Mary Jarwick; husband of Mary Hannah Jarwick (nee Ryder), of 36, East North St., Aberdeen). Born at North Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. PALMER, ALEXANDER (48), Skipper, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Husband of Jessie Gordon Palmer, of 77, Regent Quay, Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. WALLIS, HERBERT SELLARS (17), Deck Hand, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Son of Charles Wallis, of 43, Charles St., Aberdeen, and the late Jane Wallis. Born at Hull, Memorial: Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery
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