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Thank You to Kim Semmence for the following information sent on 04/11/2015 - Sam Brockington was a fisherman, born around 1855. He married Elizabeth Wilson at St Barnabas Church in 1913 & died at sea on 19/04/1916 on the fishing vessel 'Hawk'. His name was listed in St Barnbas Church, Book of Remembrance. On 19/04/1916 the Hull steam […]

BORN HULL 1891. LOST AT SEA BY ENEMY ACTION. NO CWGC RECORD. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON A GRAVESTONE IN HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. INSCRIPTION. LEFT ANNIE WHO DIED ON 07/03/1955, AGED 74 YEARS

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HARRY BLANCHARD BROWN (1857-1917) & MARY ANN CARMICHAEL (1858-1946), OF 188, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 82, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISHERMAN SKIPPER. HE WAS THE BROTHER OF ALBERT, AND WILLIAM HENRY, OLIVE, MARRION, IDA AND PHYLLIS BROWN. HE WORKED AS A SHIP'S […]

BORN HULL 1857. SON OF MATHEW AND MARY BRYAN, BOTH DECEASED. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL FISHING CIRCLES AND HAD BEEN AT SEA FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL TO GLASGOW, FALLING INTO THE HOLD FROM THE TOP DECK. HE DIED ON 24/09/1914, AGED 57. HE LEFT A WIDOW, ELIZA EMMA (CALLAN) AND FOUR CHILDREN AT THIS AD […]

BORN HULL 1859.  SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZA BURNETT. LOST AT SEA ON THE MOTOR BOAT "ANNIE", ON 16/06/1917, AGED 58. COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD SEAMAN'S MEMORIAL, HULL

BORN ABERDEEN 1867. HE WORKED AS A MARINE ENGINEER IN HULL (1901 CENSUS), BOARDING AT 109 BEAN STREET, WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE ALICE, WHO WAS 15 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM. HIS WIFE ALICE CAMERON LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS, WHEN HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. HE WAS SECOND ENGINEER, ON THE CARGO SHIP 'HARROGATE', WHICH FOUNDE […]

BORN BEVERLEY 1886. SON OF JOHN AND ANNIE ELIZABETH CAPE. BROTHER OF JOHN CAPE, AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/02/1918. (NO CWGC RECORD0. A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HENRY CAPE, SERVED ON THE CARGO SHIP, 'HARROGATE', MINED 50 MILES OFF THE NORWEGIAN COAST, ON PASSAGE FROM HULL TO BERGEN, WITH A CARGO OF COKE […]

BORN THORNE, YORKSHIRE, 14/05/1892. HE MARRIED ANNIE QUEST IN 1913. LEFT  A WIDOW ANNIE AT 5 ASH GROVE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL . SON OF REBEKAH AND WILLIAM CAWKWELL, OF  4 BEATRICE TERRACE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/10/19. PULLED OVERBOARD IN STRONG G […]

BORN HULL 1878. SON OF CORNELIUS CLYNES (1850-1890) AND SARAH ELIZABETH FOSTON (1860-1923). A SHIP'S FIREMAN. HE MARRIED NANCY PARK (1882-1952), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1898. HIS WIFE NANCY & FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT 7 GERTRUDES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, ON 21/0 […]

W.I. COOK IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL, HULL. NO CWGC RECORD FOUND

BORN HULL 1872. SON OF GEORGE & ANNA COOK - 15 FLORENCE VILLAS, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. LISTED AS SHIPS CAPTAIN ON THE HULL ELLERMANS WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. THIS WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £614 TO WIDOW CLARA COOK. IIBIS SS was built in 1898 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany as the HEDWIG SS a German cargo steamer for Flen […]

BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM COOK AND JANE WESTBROOK. A RAILWAY WAGON EXAMINER.HIS WIFE ALICE (DUDDING) & THREE DAUGHTERS LIVED AT 11 HILLS TERRACE. WEST PARADE (1911 CENSUS), AND THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL.   The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on Febru […]

BORN HULL 1857. SON OF WILLIAM & CATHERINE COPPER. WIFE MARIA COOPER LIVED AT 57 KENT STREET, (OFF DUKE STREET), LIVERPOOL (CWGC ADDRESS). DIED OF HEART FAILURE FOLLOWING MALARIA. NO CWGC RECORD OF HIS DEATH.

S COOTER, IS RECORDED ON ST MARY'S CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. NAME UNTRACED. 1901 CENSUS RECORDS SHOW SID, SAM & STEVEN COOTER. ALL LIVED OUTSIDE HULL & WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THEIR THIRTIES BY THE END OF THE WAR. POSSIBLE MISSPELLING?

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES. NO CWGC RECORDS. THIS WAS HIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS - 81 NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE Name: CLANSMAN Launched: 10/11/1902 Completed: 1902 Builder: JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields Yard Number: 221 Dimensions: 61grt, 5nrt, 75.0 x 15.1 x 7.9ft Engines: C2cyl (12.5 & […]

Born Hull  28/07/1877. Son of Emma Evans (1846-1935) and Watson Courtney (1845-1916), of 14 Trent Avenue Eastbourne St Hessle Road Hull (1911 Census). A Steam Trawler Fisherman, who boarded at, 10 Fern Avenue, Eastbourne Street, Hessle Road, Hull (1911 Census). He was lost on the Steam Trawler "Hilaria", on 22/06/1916, aged 35. He is not […]

J. COX IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HESSLE ROAD, NAVAL MEMORIAL, HULL. HE WAS LOST ON THE VESSEL "FALSTAFF H917" ON 08/12/1914, AGED 16. NO CWGC RECORD? FALSTAFF, hired trawler, Adty No 1795. Built 1906, 173grt, Hull-reg H.917. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 10.15-1919 as minesweeper.

BORN THORNTON, BRADFORD, 1858. SON OF ROBERT AND ELIZABETH CUNDALL, OF BAILDON, YORKSHIRE. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH TORDOFF, IN BRADFORD, ON 25/07/1894. HE SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER, ON THE HULL TUG, "CLANSMAN". DROWNED AT SEA, ON 19/03/1915, AGED 59. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND FIVE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH, ADDRESS AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REP […]

BORN HULL 1895. RECEIVED HIS MASTER CERTIFICATE ON 20/10/1913. SERVED AS MERCHANT NAVAL THIRD OFFICER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/03/1919. NO CWGC RECORDS

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ANNIE AND SAMUEL DAY. LOST AT SEA ON 13/05/1918, AGED 21. 20, JOHN STREET, HULL, WAS HIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT £213 TO FATHER SAMUEL DAY, A POLICE INSPECTOR, AT 8, ADDERBURY CRESCENT, ADDERBURY GROVE, HULL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ELLERMAN-WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. NO CWGC RECORD? HIS DEATH WAS A HUGE BL […]