BORN DENMARK 1871. SKIPPER, OF THE TRAWLER ‘MAURITIUS’ SUNK ON 17/05/1915. DROWNED WITH HIS SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON HAROLD. PROBATE & CENSUS ADDRESS. COMMEMORATED TOGETHER ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. HE LEFT £413 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, FANNY AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
On 17/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler MAURITIUS (H547) was posted missing:- Lost with all hands whilst fishing in the North Sea.
CREW LOST ON MAURITIUS (H547), missing in the North Sea, presumed to be enemy action, 17th May, 1915.
BASSETT, David (22), 5 Filey-grove, Gillett St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
BELL. E, (25), 49 Eton St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
GRIFFEN, Charles (20), West Dock-Ave, Hull. Bosun
OLIVER, Frederick (16), 7 Prince-ter, West Dock-Ave, Hull. Trimmer
PARKER, Edward (36), 1 Herbert-ter, Regent St, Hull. Cook
SMITH, James (49), 1 Olive-grove, Subway St, Hull. 2nd/Hand
SUMMER, Andrew (44), 12 Division Rd, Hull. Skipper
SUMMER, Harold (17), 12 Division Rd, Hull. Deckhand
TATTERSFIELD, J (26), 7 Ash-ave, Subway St, Hull. Chief Engineer
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