BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1850. SON OF SAMUEL & ANN PROCTOR. WIFE SARAH ANN (FRANKISH) LIVED AT 75 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. A MESS ROOM STEWARD ON THE WILSON LINE PASSENGER SHIP “AARO”. DIED AT SEA, ON 01/08/1916, AGED 66.
HIS BROTHER, DAVID WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA, SERVING ON THE S/S SERBINO 13/06/1916. THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/08/1917.
The British cargo/passenger vessel S/S Aaro was sunk on 1st August 1916, by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 25 miles SW of Stavanger. Aaro was on her way from Hull to Christiania. There were 3 casualties.
1. HUNTER (32), Carpenter, SS Aaro, Mercantile Marine, 01/08/1916, Husband of Mrs. Hunter, of 36, Edgcumbe St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. PROCTOR, EDWARD (66), Mess Room Steward, SS Aaro, Mercantile Marine, 01/08/1916, Son of the late Samuel and Ann Proctor; husband of Sarah Ann Proctor (nee Frankish), of 75, Hawthorn Avenue, Hull. Born at Boston, Lincs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. SIDDLE, THOMAS (29), Ship’s Cook, SS Aaro, Mercantile Marine, 01/08/1916, Husband of Kate Hayes (formerly Siddle), of 3, Princes Walk, Craven St., Holderness Rd., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
