BORN HULL 1878. CHARLES GERRARD WEST & JANE MORRISH MAUNDER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE HAD A BROTHER CHARLES AND FIVE SISTERS. MARRIED TO ALICE ANN WEST. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR SON JOHN, AT 8 PRINCES STREET, MASON STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LIMESTER AND DECORATOR. HE SERVED IN THE NAVY AND WAS LOST SEA, ON 19/02/1917, AGED 38. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL, VICTORIA HOUSE, PARK STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1919.
The steam Trawler, Halcyon, was built by Cochrane & Cooper, Ltd., Beverley in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by J. Leyman Jr. was a British trawler of 190 tons.
On February 19th, 1917, Halcyon was sunk by a mine from the German submarine U-71 (Hugo Schmidt), off Butt of Lewis. 11 persons were lost.
CREW LOST ON HALCYON (H408), struck mine off Butt of Lewis, 19th February, 1917.
BLAND, James (39), 281 Hawthorne-Avenue, Hull. Skipper
DORNAN, Frederick (43), 8 John’s-Terrace, Redbourne St, Hull. Chief Engineer
GREENWOOD, Richard (41), 16 Day St, Hull. Sparehand
HARLAND, Henry (43), 547 Hessle Road, Hull. Mate
JACKSON, George (18), 9 Harriet-Terrace, Eastbourne St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
MARSDEN, Henry (43), 46 Paisley St, Hull. Deckhand
PATTERSON, Charles (55), 88 Goulton St, Hull. Bosun
PENROSE, Alfred (34), 5 Albany Terrace, Liverpool Street, Hull Deckhand
RHOADES, Henry (36), 15 St. Andrew’s St, Hull. Trimmer
WATTON, E (29), 11 Howe St, Jennings St, Hull. Cook
WEST, John (38), 7 Walter’s-Terrace, Brighton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
