BORN LONDON 1866. SON OF LATE JOHN & SARAH SMITH. A FISHERMAN. HIS WIFE EMILY SMITH, LIVED AT 191, ELLA STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 4, CROMER STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). PRESUMED DROWNED. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON SCULCOATES LANE ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, SERVING ON HMS ‘RESEARCH’
HIS SON, PRIVATE, NORMAN WILLIAM SMITH, JOINED THE 13TH EYR ON 04/10/1914, DESERTED TO ENLIST TO 12/01/1915, AS 1231, EAST LANCS REGIMENT AT THIS ADDRESS.
Built as the SCOTLAND for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull; Yard No 182; Launch Date: 17/03/1897; Lloyd´s Register 1918-19 No 758; In Jan 1919 sold to B. Knowles, Hull. The Hull trawler SCOTLAND (H348) sunk 15 miles SE of Flamborough Head, possibly mined.
CREW LOST ON SCOTLAND (H348), missing in North Sea, presumed struck mine, 7th March, 1919.
BAXTER, Thomas (31), 753 Hessle Rd, Hull. Skipper
BLAKEY, Jack (47), 23 Eastbourne Street, Hull, Deckhand
DRURY, Charles (30), 18 Livingston-Ter, Walcott St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
FALL, Clarence (21), 56 Somerset St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
McKAY, Peter (20), 4 Florence-Ave, Liverpool St, Hull. Sparehand
MOODY, Enos (25), 14 Jennet-Grove, Gillett St, Hull. Cook
MOONEY, James (47), 63 Westbourne St, Hull. Chief Engineer
MOORE, Thomas (28), 47 Melrose St, Hull. Mate
PARKER, Charles (27), 81 Strickland St, Hull. Deckhand
RAYWELL, Joseph (21), 8 Sefton-Ter, Rosamond St, Hull. Trimmer
SMITH, William (53), 4 Cromer st, Beverley Rd, Hull. Bosun
Smith, William
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
Bosun
Date Died
13/03/1919
Place died:
Sea
Age:
53
