2nd Mate
10 BLENHEIM PLACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
31/10/1916
Aged
47
BORN DUBLIN 1869. SON OF THE LATE THOMAS AND MARGARET WILLIAMS. HUSBAND OF ROSA FRANCES WILLIAMS, 1 STEVANAGE ROAD, EAST HAM, LONDON. SECOND MATE. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 31/10/1916, AGED 47. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON Adriatic SS was a British cargo steamer of 3,028grt that sailed from Newport for Marseille wi […]
Wireless Operator
88 EMBARKMENT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, SOUTH WEST ENGLAND, UK
Area
Died on
21/06/1918
Aged
17
BORN PLYMOUTH 1901. SON OF MAUD MARY KNAPMAN & JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE HULL STEAMER. LOST AT SEA ON 21/06/1918, AGED 17. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK SS Montebello, built by Earle's Shipbuilding […]
139, LONG WEST GATE, SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
23/02/1920
Aged
20
BORN HULL 21/05/1899. SON OF EDWARD & JANE WILLIAMSON, AT 139, LONG WEST GATE, SCARBOROUGH. (1911 CENSUS) TIMES 25/02/1920:- NORTH SEA TRAWLER MINED. - NINE LIVES LOST. - The Scarborough steam trawler STRATHORD, carrying a crew of nine, struck a mine on Monday night, and sank with all hands. The brother of the skipper was in command […]
Engineman
BORN HULL 1883. WIFE FLORENCE WILLIAMSON LIVED AT THIS PROBATE AND CWGC ADDRESS.. SON OF RICHARD STONEHOUSE WILLIAMSON & MARY ELIZABETH MORRILL OF 647 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 20/06/1917). ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 53 LEE SMITH STREET AND 6 LINDHAM AVENUE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A FITTER AND SHI […]
2nd Engineer
17 CLIFTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
27/03/1917
Aged
35
BORN GOOLE 1882. WIFE ISABELLA (HARRISON) LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. 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 loss also reported as NE of Humber, 30/04/1917 (?) Also, reported by U Boat.net as sunk 25/03/1917, stopped and sunk by opening the scuttles of S […]
BORN HULL 1894. HIS WIFE LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. On December 14th, 1919, the British trawler ISLE OF MAN went missing in the North Sea with all on board. She was not heard of ever since. CREW LOST ON ISLE OF MAN (H826), missing in the North Sea, 14th December, 1919. CUNNIN […]
4th Hand
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & MARTHA WILSON. WIFE PATTIE (WHITE), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. FISHERMAN. SERVED AS A FOURTH HAND, ON THE FISHING TRAWLER, 'QUAIR'. LOST AT SEA, WITH ALL HANDS, ON 03/11/1916. HE WAS AGED 24. BELOW ARE NAMES OF THE CREW LOST WITH HIM. QUAIR (H237), missing, presumed to be enemy action, 3rd November, 1 […]
Deck Hand
13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/11/1915
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1890. SON OF MARK & THE LATE ANNIE WILSON, AT 13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). DECK HAND. DROWNED ON 15/11/1915, AGED 25. HIS TRAWLER WAS MINED OFF SPURN POINT AND LOST WITH ALL HANDS. HE WAS ONE OF THREE WILSON SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HE LEFT SISTERS, MARY AND ELEANOR. HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE AND M […]
2nd Engineer
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOHN SCOTLAND WILSON & THE LATE MARGARET WILSON. BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN SCOTLAND. HE SERVED AS SECOND ENGINEER OF THE FISHING VESSEL 'ZARA' LOST OFF SPURN POINT, ON 07/04/1915. PRESUMED DROWNED. AGED 26. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. On Wednesday 7th April 1915, The Grimsby trawlers Pinewold (GY177) and Ruby(GY […]
Waiter
BORN NORTH FERRIBY, 1881. SON OF JOSEPH ASHTON & JANET B WILSON. MARRIED 1901. HIS WIFE, EDITH LAWS LIVED 7 MOUNTS AVE, BOOTLE, LANCS. HE WAS A WAITER 1ST CLASS, ON THE HMS LUSITANIA, TORPEDOED IN 1915 AND IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON. LUSITANIA Rms; propulsion: quadruple screw, four direct-acting Parsons st […]
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ELIZABETH JANE THOMPSON & THE LATE ROBERT WILSON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL. HE HAD SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP 'DIDO' AND WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE SURVIVORS, WHEN IT WAS MINED, ON 26/02/1916. (HDM 26/02/1916). HE WAS BOSUN ON THE STEAMER, "GITANO", WHICH WAS MINED ON 23/12/1918, AGED […]
3rd Hand
BORN DEVON PORT 1895. SON OF ADA BLANCHE & THE LATE JOHN RICHARD WILSON. WIFE ELIZABETH EMMA MATILDA WILSON, AT THIS ADDRESS.. Built as the AMBER for Kingston Steam Trawlers, Hull; Registion No H598; Yard No 189; Launch Date: 05/03/1898; Officially given up as lost on 26/01/1920, after leaving the port of Hull, in heavy gales, on New […]
Deck Hand
BORN HULL 1883. SON OF JAMES & ELIZABETH WILSON 31 STRAWBERRY STREET. HIS WIFE MARY ELLEN WILSON NEXT DOOR AT NO 29. LOST ON THE FISHING VESSEL 'ST LAWRENCE, 03/10/1914, AGED 31. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY AND DIED OF INFLUENZA ON 17/11/1918. HDM 23/11/1919. On September 30th, 1914, the British steel trawler […]
9 WINDSOR TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
09/05/1917
Aged
43
BORN HULL 1874. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 31 ROSAMOND STREET AND 9 WINDSOR TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL (CWGC NAVAL ADDRESS). WILLIAM HENRY WILSON WAS A SHIP'S BOSUN, HE DROWNED ON 09/05/1917, AGED 43. HIS SHIP WAS MINED OFF PETERHEAD. EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST, INCLUDING THE SKIPPER. http://www.buchandivers.com/windward-ho.html The fishing vesse […]
2nd Hand
2 HILDAS GROVE, WESTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
22/05/1915
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1889. WIFE ANNIE WINCHESTER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS SECOND HAND, ON THE STEAM TRAWLER, 'SEBASTIAN'. LOST AT SEA ON 22/05/1915, AGED 26, WITH ALL 9 CREW. Sebastian was a 172 GRT steam trawler completed in 1906 by Mackie & Thomson for Hellyer's Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. On May 22nd, 1915, the 'SEBASTIAN' left Hull, and wen […]
Fireman
BORN HULL 1864. SON OF GEORGE & ANN ELIZA WINDLE, OF DRYPOOL ABOVE. HUSBAND OF ANNIE. LOST AT SEA. SS Minneapolis, built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast in 1900 and owned at the time of her loss by Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd., Belfast, was a British passenger steamer. On March 23rd, 1916, Minneapolis, on a voyage from Marseille […]
Fireman
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROWLAND & EMMA WINN & 8 CHILDREN. 1911 ADDRESS. WAS A CLERK. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. JAFFA SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Triple expansion engine 251nhp. 12 knots. 1,383 grt, defensively-armed. On the 2nd […]
Steward
1 AUCKLAND TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
15/06/1915
Aged
42
BORN NEWPORT, 1873. WIFE MAUD ALICE WISE LIBED ABOVE. SON OF THE LATE ROBERT & ARABELLA WISE. HIS BROTHER WALTER HERBERT WISE, (EASTBOURNE STREET) WAS LOST ON THE SAME SHIP WHEN IT WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. THE TWO BROTHER'S PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 19TH JUNE 1915 AND THE HULL DAILY MAIL 24TH JUNE 1915. * Argyll […]
Deck Hand
3 EBOR AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
15/06/1915
Aged
46
BORN 1869. SON OF ROBERT & ARABELLA WISE - 2 SAXON VILLAS, EASTBOURNE STREET. HIS BROTHER ARTHUR DIED ON SAME SHIP WHEN IT WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. WALTER'S WIFE EMILY LIVED ABOVE. THE TWO BROTHER'S PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL 24TH JUNE 1915. * Argyll (H 923) or Argyle (both names used), built by Mackie & Tho […]
Horseman
BORN MICHIGAN, USA, 1894. SON OF MARGARET WOLFUNBERG, USA. HE WORKED AS A HORSEMAN, ON THE HULL STEAM SHIP, "ETONIAN". LOST AT SEA, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 24. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR RECORDS. ETONIAN SS was a 6,515 grt defensively-armed British Merchant […]
