BORN HULL 13/06/1887. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY USHER (1840-1900) AND MARGARET MOVERLEY (1845-1908). MARRIED MARY ALICE ALCOCK (1889-1953), AT HULL, ON 12/08/1911. THEY HAD TWO SONS. SERVED AS AN ENGINEMAN ON THE TRAWLER “KAPHREDA”. KILLED BY MINE EXPLOSION, IN THE NORTH SEA, ON 08/06/1916, AGED 29. HIS BODY WAS NOT RECOVERED AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, KENT
HIS WIDOW ALICE MARY ALCOCK AND TWO SONS, LIVED AT 3 CRYSTAL AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL.
Kaphreda, built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough in 1911 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 245 tons. On June 8th, 1916, Kaphreda was on patrol when she was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-6 (Otto Ehrentraut), near the Corton lightvessel, Lowerstoft. 6 persons were lost.
1. HURR, EZEKIEL JOHN , Engineman (no. 865ES), HMT Kaphreda, Royal Naval Reserve, †08/06/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
2. LOVING, DONALD EVERTUS , Deck Hand (no. 1099DA), HMT Kaphreda, Royal Naval Reserve, †08/06/1916, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
3. RAVEN, ERNEST GEORGE (50), Deck Hand (no. 6845DA), HMT Kaphreda, Royal Naval Reserve, †08/06/1916, Husband of Jane Raven, of 5, Beach Stone Place, Pakefield, South Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. STOKES, FREDERICK (23), Deck Hand (no. 10591DA), HMT Kaphreda, Royal Naval Reserve, †08/06/1916, Son of Charles and Emma Stokes, of Bell Green, Cratfield, Halesworth, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
5.USHER, PERCIVAL DAY , Engineman (no. 4560ES), HMT Kaphreda, Royal Naval Reserve, †08/06/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
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Usher, Percival Day
First name:
PERCIVAL DAY
Military Number:
4560
Rank:
Engineman
Date Died
08/06/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
29
3 CRYSTAL AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
