BORN HULL 1888. LIVED IN WORKHOUSE IN 1891. BOARDED ABOVE ADDRESS IN 1911. TEA MAN. COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL, HULL.
In September 1914, the British iron trawler CEYLON, built in 1891 by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield and owned at the time of her loss by Moss, Thomas C. & F., was sunk by a German warship while at fishing grounds in the North Sea.
1. BARKER, JOSEPH (48), Cook, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Husband of Florence Alice Barker, of 153, King Edward St., Grimsby. Born at Manchester, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BRADBURY, ARTHUR BAKES (25), Second Engineer, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Husband of Elsie Bakes Bradbury, of 5, Clerke St., Cleethorpes. Born at West Hartlepool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. CARTER, ALFRED JOHN (46), Deck Hand, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Born at Exeter, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. EMSON, FREDRICK (33), Second Hand, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Husband of Mrs. Emson, of 137, Freeman St., Grimsby. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. GIBLAND, JOHN (50), Deck Hand, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Born at Huddersfield, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. MARCHANT, EDWARD ARTHUR , Skipper, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. MCANDREWS, GEORGE (30), First Engineer, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Son of George McAndrews, of 36, Union St., Louth. Born at Louth, Lincs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. PILCHER, HERBERT RICHARD (48), Trimmer, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Husband of Elizabeth Pilcher, of 163, Hope St., Grimsby. Born at Harwich, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. SIMON, INGWOLD JOSEPH (26), Third Hand, FV Ceylon, Mercantile Marine, †06/09/1914, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
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