BORN HULL 1868. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS JAMES & ELIZABETH SARGESON, OF 12, MAPLE AVENUE, CONVENT LANE, HULL. LOST AT SEA, ON 03/09/1916, AGED 48. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WALKER STREET MEMORIAL, HULL. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE ENGLISH STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR (HDM 23/09/1916).
S/S ‘RIEVAULX ABBEY’ – Built for Hull & Netherlands S.S.Co Ltd (J. N. H. Ringrose), Catered for 48 first class passengers amidships, 28 secound class passengers in the poop, 44 steerage under deck forword; Hired by the Admiralty as a store carrier between 13 March & 29 May 1915; On the 27 August 1915 taken up as an armaments carrier (Y2.56); Vessel on passage Rotterdam to Hull, with 640 tons of general cargo, when struck a mine laid by UC-10 and sank 3/4 of a mile ENE of Rosse Spit buoy, River Humber; 27 crew, 5 passengers, 2 lives lost. On her home run the RIEVAULX ABBEY struck a mine on 03/09/1916, which exploded beneath the engine room at 3 p.m. causing her to sink within five minutes. The master remained on board until he believed everyone had got into the boats, then jumped into the sea and was picked up. The s.s. QUEENIE soon came to their assistance and collected the passengers and crew, later landing them at Hull. Two crew man were injured at the time and only then it was realised that a fireman and the boatswain were missing, presumed drown when the vessel sank.
PEOPLE ON BOARD SS RIEVAULX ABBEY123
HARRISON, FREDERICK HEATON (40), Boatswain, S.S. Rievaulx Abbey, Mercantile Marine, 03/09/1916, Son of the late Joseph and Rebecca Harrison; husband of Rose Harrison (nee Walker), of 15, Rippon Terrace, Liddle St., Hull. Born at Bridlington, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
SARGESON, WILLIAM (48), Fireman, S.S. Rievaulx Abbey, Mercantile Marine, 03/09/1916, Son of the late Thomas James and Elizabeth Sargeson. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Sargeson, William
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
03/09/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
48
