BORN HULL 17/2/1876. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY UPFOLD (1850-1908), A ROYAL MARINE COLOUR SERGEANT & HIS WIFE MARIA DURHAM (B. 1859) , ST PAUL’S STREET, HULL. WILLIAM WAS AN ONLY CHILD AND THE FAMILY MOVED FREQUENTLY AS PART OF HIS FATHER’S ROYAL MARINE DUTIES. THEY WERE LIVING IN GILLINGHAM,KENT (1891), HULL (1891), STANLEY, YORKS (1901) AND 10 HEDON ROAD, HEDON (1911).
WILLIAM MARRIED IN DUBLIN IN 1903. WIFE AGNES JANE FORSYTHE (1883-1972) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (HDM 16/10/16) WITH THEIR CHILDREN WILLIAM HENRY, ROSE ELLEN, AND CHARLES DURHAM UPFOLD. WILLIAM WORKED AS A MARINE FIREMAN (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS LOST AT SEA WHEN HMS ‘HAWKE’ WAS SUNK BY THE SUBMARINE U-9, OFF ABERDEEN, IN NORTH SEA, ON THE 15TH OCTOBER 1914. THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A SINGLE TORPEDO, QUICKLY CAPSIZED, KILLING 524 OFFICERS AND MEN, INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN. THERE WERE 70 SURVIVORS.
WILLIAM’S DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 23RD OCTOBER 1914. * HE IS LISTED IN DE RUVIGNY’S ROLL OF HONOUR AND COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT.
Upfold, William Henry
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
353621
Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
Date Died
15/10/1914
Place died:
Sea
Age:
38
6 TORQUAY VILLAS, ROSMEAD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
