BORN HULL 1899. SON OF PETER POULSEN (1857-1902). HIS MOTHER CLARA EMILY PETFIELD LIVED AT 5, BLANCHE GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN (SIX SISTERS). PRESUMED DROWNED ON 03/01/1916, AGED 16. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM POULSEN, WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA, 05/11/1915, AGED 17.
The hull steam trawler MALABAR (H754) left Hull for a fishing trip in the North Sea on 20/12/1915 with 9 crew. She was last seen on January 1916 and posted missing:- lost with nine crew during severe weather.
CREW LOST ON MALABAR (H754), enemy action in the North Sea, 3rd January, 1916.
CRANE, John (36), 2 Huntingdon Street, Hull. Skipper
FLOUNDERS, John (27), 16 Minerva-Terrace, Wassand Street, Hull. Bosun
HUME, Robert (42), 26 Devon Street, Hull. 2nd/Hand
NEWELL, Ernest (24), 5 Whitby-Grove, Rhodes Street, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
POULSEN, A. F (16), 5 Blanche-Grove, Brighton Street, Hull. Trimmer
ROBINSON, Thomas (38), 9 Bishops-Ave, Division Road, Hull. Chief Engineer
SAUNDERS, D (20), 273 Wellington-St, Grimsby. 3rd/Hand
SYMONDS, R (32), Address not traced. 4th/Hand
WESTON, Charles (45), 1 Blanche-Terrace, Brighton Street, Hull. Cook
