BORN BOSTON, LINCS, 1893. SON OF CHARLES TUCKER (1867-1931) & ROSE ANN FERRAND (1869-1935), OF 6 LAURA GROVE, TYNE STREET, HULL. DECKHAND ON THE MINESWEEPER TRAWLER, ‘ROBERT SMITH’. DROWNED ON 20/07/1917, AGED 25. UNMARRIED. HIS FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS CHARLES & WILLIAM ALSO SERVED, ON MINESWEEPERS. HE LEFT SIX SISTERS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 11/08/1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HMT Robert Smith, built by Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen in 1915 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 211 tons. On July 21st, 1917, HMT Robert Smith was sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-44 (Paul Wagenführ). All hands, 25 in total were killed.
HULL PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ‘ROBERT SMITH’
TUCKER, EDWARD STANLEY (25), Deck Hand (no. 7763DA), Son of C. and R. Tucker, of 433A, Hessle Road., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
WOOD, JOHN WILLIAM (21), Deck Hand (no. 9735DA), H.M. Trawler Robert Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, 20/07/1917, Son of William and Mary Wood, of 25, Havelock St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial.
