BORN HULL 1880. WIFE ALICE MAUDE PARKER ABOVE. SON OF THE LATE JAMES & SARAH ANN PARKER, HAVELOCK STREET.
On 30/04/1917, the Hull steam trawler. ‘INDUSTRIA’ was captured by a U-boat and sunk by time bombs in the North Sea.
Position of loss also reported as NE of Humber, 30/04/1917
(?) Also, reported by U Boat.net as sunk 25/03/1917, stopped and sunk by opening the scuttles of Scotland (?), crew of 9 all lost as not recovered from lifeboat. (?)
CREW LOST ON INDUSTRIA (H14), enemy action in the North Sea, 27th March, 1917.
ACUM, John (17), 18 Ireland-ter, Gillett St, Hull. Trimmer
BARKS, Thomas (65), Address not traced. Cook
BURNETT, Walter (53), 380 Boulevard, Hull. Chief Engineer
CARNEY, Peter (42), 22 Gillett St, Hull. Deckhand
HASS, Thomas (30), 13 Emily-grove, Brighton St, Hull. Bosun
PARKER, Ernest (37), Address not traced. Skipper
PARKER, Sidney (37), 5 Arthur-ter, Havelock St, Hull. Mate
WATSON, Ernest (26), Address not traced. 3rd/Hand
WILLIAMSON, Ernest (35), 17 Clifton-ter, Beverley Rd, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
Parker, Sydney
First name:
SYDNEY
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Hand
Date Died
21/03/1917
Place died:
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age:
37
5 ARTHUR'S AVENUE, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
