BORN HESSLE 1867. MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1895, HUSBAND OF MARTHA AGNES CALEY, OF 6, ATHLETIC GROVE, GORDON STREET, HULL AND 17, KIRKLANDS ROAD, SPRINGBANK, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, VERONICA AND IRENE
HE WAS CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ‘SABRINA’. LOST AT SEA ON 21/05/1915, AGED 48, WITH NINE HULL CREW. HE LEFT £168 TO HIS WIDOW, MARTHA AT 6, ATHLETIC GROVE, GORDON STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
Sabrina (H 346) FV was a British registered fishing vessel of 179grt that was probably mined by the cruiser Hamburg when 160 miles ENE of Spurn Head Light Vessel.
ref. used: CREW LOST ON SABRINA (H346), struck mine, 160 miles E. N. E. of Spurn, 21st May, 1915.
ABBOTT, H (22), 47 Witty st, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
BLANCHARD, William (43), 39 Clifton-ter, Hull. Skipper
FRY, S (21), 7 Devon st, Hull. 2nd/Hand
HAMILTON, Herbert (34), Claremont-ave, Beecroft st, Hull. 3rd/Hand
JOHNSON, Arthur (15), 343 Hawthorne-ave, Hull. Deckhand
JOHNSON, John (17), 343 Hawthorne-ave, Hull. Fireman
MORRIS, William (34), 7 Trent-ave, Eastbourne st, Hull. Bosun
SHAW, J. H (48), 13 Carrington st, Hull. Chief Engineer
TUNGATE, Arthur (53), 41 Eastbourne st, Hull. Cook
