Pearson, Edgar Allan

BORN HULL 1875. SON OF WILLIAM & JOSEPHINE (WALKER). WIFE ELIZABETH PEARSON LIVED AT THIS PROBATE AND CWGC ADDRESS. CHIEF ENGINEER. DROWNED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917. AGED 42. HIS LEFT £327 IN HIS WILL TO THOMAS, CAPES, CLERK TO THE MINISTRY OF FOOD, AND CHARLES WARD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN 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.Those lost from Hull included;
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
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
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
DIXON, WILLIAM HENRY (19), Assistant Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Lucy Dixon, of 4, Kottingham Avenue, Stepney Lane, 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 Edith Grantham (nee Wardell), of 9, Walcott St., Hull
HANSEN, JOHAN (46), Sailor, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Husband of Florence Adelaide Hansen (nee Ramsey), of 59, Day St., Hull. Born in Norway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
KAISER, GEORGE ALBERT (28), Boatswain and Lamps, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of Charles and Alice Augusta Kaiser, of 11, Madeley St., Hull,
KELSALL, CHARLES HENRY (42), Third Engineer, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of James Edwin and the late Clara Kelsall; husband of Zillah Adeline Kelsall (nee Jones), of 53, Wright St., Hull. Born at Bolton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
NOLAN, VINCENT MICHAEL (14), Ordinary Seaman, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, †31/10/1917, Son of the late John William and Ann Nolan. Born at Hull. Tower Hil