Deck Hand
65 TEMPERANCE PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/08/1919
Aged
34
BORN HULL 07/05/1885. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM AND ROSE APPLETON, SKIRLAUGH. ONE OF SEVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A TAILOR AND DRAPER. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A SCHOOL TEACHER. HE MARRIED HANNAH MAUD FILDES, ON 09/07/1908, AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, EARLES TOWN, LANCASHIRE. DURING THE WAR HE SERVED ON MINESWEEPERS. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING FOR […]
5 ABBEY ROAD, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
28/08/1917
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MARY & AUGUSTUS McWOOD APPLEYARD. DIED FROM EXPOSURE, ON 22/08/1917, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1908 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4271 tons. […]
Ship's Mate
BORN LINCOLN 1862. WIFE CAROLINE ASHLEY LIVED AT CAMDEN STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED BY HELLYERS SHIPPING LINE, WORKING ON SHORE AND AS A SKIPPER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST GEORGE'S LODGE, R.A.O.B. AND THE FREEMASONS IN ABERDEEN. SERVED AS SHIP'S MATE ON THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER 'CYGNUS'. A SHIP'S MATE WOULD ASSIST THE MASTER OF […]
Able Seaman
BORN PENDLETON,WIGAN 1892. SON OF ANN & HARRY ASHWORTH - 11 IRWELL STREET, ECCLES, LANCS. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1911. EX 1157 4TH BN. WEST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY. LOST AT SEA ON 28/08/1917, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY WAR RECORDS. SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. […]
2nd Hand
BORN LONDON 1862. SON OF HENRY WILLIAM & ELIZABETH ASKEY. WIFE FANNY ASKEY LIVED ABOVE. LOST WITH 8 SHIPMATES. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. Expedient, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 145 tons. On March 28th, 1917, Ex […]
Fireman
6 ISABELLA TERRACE, CONSTABLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
20/05/1917
Aged
30
BORN ERITH, KENT 1887. SON OF ANN ELIZABETH AND THE LATE EDWIN ATKINSON, OF HULL. HUSBAND OF MATILDA (DOWDEN) LIVED AT 6 ISABELLA TERRACE, CONSTABLE STREET, HULL. LOST AT SEA ON THE STEAM SHIP "TYCHO". HIS BROTHER, RIFLEMAN, HAROLD ATKINSON, 2ND KKRC, DIED AT LE HAVRE, ON 30/07/1915, AGED 29. HIS BROTHER, RICHARD ATKINSON, A SEAMAN LI […]
Chief Engineer
BORN HULL 1852. CHIEF ENGINEER. WIFE ALICE (CURTIS) LIVED AT 82, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF LATE STEPHEN MARLING & SARAH ATKINSON. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/11/1917. COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. SS Tummel, built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. […]
3rd Hand
8 PRINCES TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/06/1918
Aged
32
BORN RAMSGATE 1886. WIFE BERTHA LOUISA AVERY (NEE LIKINS). SON OF ROBERT & THE LATE FLORENCE AVERY. SHIP STRUCK A MINE 36 MILES N.E. OF SPURN POINT. Eros, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley in 1903 and owned at the time of her loss by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British trawler of 181 tons. In 19 […]
Ordinary Seaman
, DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
Died on
30/03/1917
Aged
21
BORN DURHAM SEPT 1895. ONLY SON OF HENRY GEORGE AVES & SARAH AVES (1874-1913). LOST AT SEA, 30/03/1917, AGED 21. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Endymion, built by W. Meadus & Son, Poole in 1881 and owned at the time of her loss by Charles H. Truscott, Hull, was a British sailing vessel of 73 tons. On April 1st, 1917, Endymion was su […]
3rd Hand
5 SELINIA TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
08/06/1918
Aged
36
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF RICHARD BAGGLEY (1837-1910) & SELINA CROZIER (1847-1906). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED ON THE STEAM TRAWLER "EROS". LOST AT SEA ON 08/06/1918, AGED 35. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVY MEMORIAL, LONDON. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1906 AND HIS FATHER DIED IN 1910. HIS BROTHER ROBERT DIED IN 1919, AGED 35. ANOTHER BR […]
Stoker
19 BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
20/05/1917
Aged
24
BORN WEDNESBURY 1893. SON RICAHRD & OF TAMAR ANN BAIRD (NEE GOLDER) ABOVE. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Tycho, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3216 tons. On May 20th, 1917, Tycho, […]
BORN ANSTON, YORKSHIRE, 1852. LIVED WITH WIFE EMMA CAWTORN BARKS AT THIS ADDRESS. SHE ALSO DIED IN 1917. HE WAS LOST AT SEA DURING AN ENEMY SUBMARINE ATTACK. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE LOST HULL TRAWLERMEN RECORDS. On 30/04/1917 the Hull steam trawler INDUSTRIA was captured by a U-boat and sunk by time bombs in the North Sea. Position of […]
Ordinary Seaman
BORN HULL 24/10/1900. SON OF HERBERT & CLARRIE RHODA BARMBY, OF 17 POPLAR GROVE AND THIS ADDRESS. KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION ON HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL, GREAT WAR MEMORIAL, GEORGE STREET, HULL. The British steamship North Wales left Hull bound for Canada on the 20th October, 1916, and on the 10th […]
Apprentice
BORN LINCOLN 1903. SON OF CHARLES & ANNIE BARNES - 171 MALDEN ROAD, COLCHESTER. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The GITANO was posted missing in January 1919, lost with all 28 hands, presumed mined after passing Flamborough Head on 20/12/1918. The master was engaged chiefly in the general trades to the Baltic and ha […]
Able Seaman
BORN CORNWALL 1898. SON OF EDWARD OSCAR BARRON & ELLEN JANE O'LEARY, ST AUSTELL, CORNWALL. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Endymion, built by W. Meadus & Son, Poole in 1881 and owned at the time of her loss by Charles H. Truscott, Hull, was a British sailing vessel of 73 tons. On April 1st, 1917, Endymion was sunk by gunfire by the […]
1st Mate
BORN HULL 08/03/1883. SON OF WILLIAM BARRON AND EMMA SMITH. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HIS WIFE EMMIE HARE & CHILDREN, LIVED AT SELBY COTTAGE, INGS ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY ON 20/06/19119. HE WAS LOST ON THE S/S GITANO, ON 23/12/1918, AGED 35. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL'S WOODCOCK STREET ROLL OF […]
BORN BETTWS 1892. SON OF WILLIAM BARTON & THE LATE HENRIETTA SELINA BARTON, OF MALPASS, NEWPORT, WALES. SERVED AS COOK, ON THE HULL STEAM SHIP "ADRIATIC". LOST AT SEA BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1916, AGED 24. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
Able Seaman
The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captain and 23 of the crew were killed. Four men were taken prisoner by the submarine. PEOPLE ON BOARD SS CAMBRIC ABDUL MUHA […]
3rd Hand
BORN MIDDLESBORO, 1893. HIS MOTHER LIVED ABOVE NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. On 17/05/1915 the Hull steam trawler MAURITIUS (H547) was posted missing:- Lost with all hands whilst fishing in the North Sea. CREW LOST ON MAURITIUS (H547), missing in the North Sea, presumed to be enemy action, 17th May, 1915. BASSETT, David (22), 5 Filey-grove, Gil […]
Fireman
, SIERRA LEONE, MENDI, SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA
Died on
28/08/1917
Aged
28
BORN MENDI, SIERRA LEONNE 1891. LOST AT SEA, ON THE S/S 'HILDAGO', 28/08/1917, AGED 28. HE IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Hidalgo, built by Northumberland shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1908 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4271 tons. On August 28th, 1 […]
