Born Hull 1878. Lived Grimsby. Commemorated on the Hessle Road, Seaman’s Memorial, Hull.
On May 14th, 1917, the British trawler Bel Lily was sunk by a mine laid by the German submarine UC-49 (Alfred Arnold) 1.5 miles ENE of Peterhead. 10 crew were killed.
1. ATKINSON, FRED (34), Fourth Hand, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Husband of Mrs. Atkinson, of 9, High Cliff Terrace, Cleethorpes. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BARNETT, THOMAS (42), Third Hand, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Born at Midhurst, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. ELLIS, JOHN ROBERT (43), Fourth Hand, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Son of John Thomas and Mary Ann Ellis; husband of Mabel Ellis (nee Tawn), of 87, Charlton St., Grimsby. Born at Grimsby, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. GEORGE, WALTER ROBERT (35), Second Hand, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Husband of Mrs. George, of 114, Roberts St., Grimsby. Born at Beccles, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. GIBSON, FRANK (54), Second Engineer, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Husband of Mrs. Gibson, of 1, High Cliff Terrace, Cleethorpes. Born at Leeds, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. HARVEY, HARRY (42), Cook, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Born in London, Memorial: Peterhead Old Churchyard 7. MEEDS, THOMAS (45), Trimmer, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Son of the late Abraham and Mary Ann Meeds Born at Boston, Lincs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. SMITH, AMOS , Skipper, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. SMITH, CHARLES THOMAS LEWIS (43), Fourth Hand, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Son of Charles and Martha Smith, of 5, Hastings Buildings, Alma Rd., Great Yarmouth. Born at Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. SMITH, JAMES (39), First Engineer, FV Bel Lily, Mercantile Marine, †14/05/1917, Husband of Edith Smith (nee Woodhouse), of 44, Buller St., Grimsby. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
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