BORN NEW HOLLAND, LINCS 1860. SON OF THOMAS SHALLCROSS (1834-1864) AND EMMA DOUGHTY (1839-1901). HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1880. HIS WIFE ANN ELIZABETH HORTON (1860-1919), LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN, EIGHT OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA SINCE 16 YEARS OLD AND WORKED AS A MARINE FIREMAN. HE SERVED ON THE STAMER “CAMBRIC” WHICH WAS SUNK ON 31/10/1917. HE DROWNED. AGED 57. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND ONE SON.
NB; ARTHUR SHALLCROSS, RN, LIVED AT 9 ALBERT DOCK TERRACE, BEAN STREET; 54 CARR LANE. LISTED ON HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WW1 MEMORIAL
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
DENIS, GEORGE (25), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Born in U.S.A, 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. B
