BORN HULL 22/10/1874. SON OF GEORGE WIGG, OF HULL. HUSBAND OF ROSINA WIGG, AT 16 NORTHGATE ST, GREAT YARMOUTH.
HMD Ocean Plough, built by Crabtree & Co. Ltd., Great Yarmouth in 1912 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy drifter of 99 tons. On August 27th, 1916, HMD Ocean Plough was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-1 (Kurt Ramien), off Lowestoft. 5 persons were lost. Jan Lettens 04/04/2013 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic
People on board HMD OCEAN PLOUGH 123 1. BRABBEN, RICHARD NORMAN (23), Engineman (no. 532ES), HMD Ocean Plough, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/08/1916, Son of James and Ellen Brabben, of Covehithe, Wrentham, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. BROWN, AUGUSTINE ROBERT (20), Deck Hand (no. 4680DA), HMD Ocean Plough, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/08/1916, Son of Augustine Robert and Jane Brown, of Great Yarmouth; husband of Ellen Emma Rogers (formerly Brown), of 14, John St., Frairs Lane. Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. EAGLE, HERBERT (23), Deck Hand (no. 1079DA), HMD Ocean Plough, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/08/1916, Son of Joseph Eagle, of Priory Rd., Wrentham, Suffolk. Native of Covehithe, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. STUDD, GEORGE HENRY (35), Deck Hand (no. 6735DA), HMD Ocean Plough, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/08/1916, Son of George and Mary Ann Studd, of Kessingland; husband of Ella E. Studd, of Zulu Cottages, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. WIGG, WILLIAM JAMES , Engineman (no. 531ES), HMD Ocean Plough, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/08/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
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