BORN BARKING, ESSEX 1857. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM & CELIA SOARDS. ONE OF FOUR SONS. HE HAD BEEN AT SEA SINCE HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD. HE MARRIED ON 24/07/1879, AT TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON. HIS WIFE FRANCIS ELLEN COOPER (1861-1936) LIVED AT 60B NEW KENT ROAD, SURREY AND THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS SKIPPER OF THE HULL TRAWLER, “ARGYLL”, LOST AT SEA, ON 15/06/1915. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. HE LEFT £275 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES.
FV Argyll was mined 12 miles ESE of Harwich on the 15th June 1915 by German submarine UC-11 (Walter Gottfried Schmidt)
CREW LOST ON ARGYLL (H923), enemy action ½ miles off Sunk Lt Vl, 15th June, 1915.
1. ALDAN, ALBERT (46), First Engineer, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Aldan; husband of Ada Aldan (nee Turner), of 4, St. Andrew’s St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. BOWLES, FREDERICK JAMES (35), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of Emma Bowles, and the late William Bowles; husband of Maud Bowles (nee Shores), of 6, Rugby St., Hull. Born at Southwick, Brighton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. COWLAM, JOHN HENRY (29), Fireman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of John Henry and Eliza Cowlam; husband of Alice Cowlam (nee Pearson), of 3, Willow Grove, Somerset St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. SOARDS, ARTHUR ERNEST (55), Skipper, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Husband of Frances Ellen Soards, of 60A, New Kent Rd., London, Memorial: Barking (Rippleside) Cemetery
5. TURNER, ALBERT (21), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of Frederick and Margaret Turner, of 50, Railway Cottages, Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. WISE, ARTHUR (42), Steward, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Robert and Arabella Wise; husband of Maud Alice Wise (nee Lewis), of 1, Auckland Avenue, Gillett St., Hull. Born at Newport, Isle of Wight. His brother Walter Herbert Wise also fell, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. WISE, WALTER HERBERT (46), Able Seaman, FV Argyll, Mercantile Marine, †15/06/1915, Son of the late Robert and Arabella Wise; husband of Emily Wise (nee Fell), of 3, Ebor Avenue, Eastbourne St., Hull. Born at Bristol. His brother Arthur Wise also fell, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.
