Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 01/07/1885. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS & CAROLINE ASHLEY, OF 56, CAMDEN STREET, HULL. SON OF A SEAMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WAS MEMBER OF THE BON ACCORD FREEMASONS IN ABERDEEN. HIS WIFE RUTH ASHLEY, LIVED AT 26, CAMDEN STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL. HE WAS SKIPPER OF THE STEAM TRAWLER 'MARGATE' AND DIED AT SEA ON […]
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 […]
BORN HALSHAM, YORKSHIRE, 1877. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES FEWSON (1842-1930) & MARY INGLEBY (1850-1929), OF 19 CAMDEN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND THE BUTCHER'S SHOP AT 446 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WAS A BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS. HE WENT TO FRANCE, ON 11/07 […]
BORN THORNE, YORKS 1899. SON OF ANN & ARTHUR JOHNSON, AT 11 CAMDEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HOWDEN. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 18. HE IS BURIED AT BERRY-AU-BAC FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "LOVED AND REMEMBERED". HIS ARMY EFFECTS WE […]
2nd Engineer
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MARY ANN KAY. CWGC ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 16TH JANUARY 1919, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. * 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 […]
Chief Engineer
BORN HULL 1887. SECOND SON OF ROBERT MATTHEWS (1857-1901) AND JANE ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. SON OF A MERCHANT MARINER. ELDER BROTHER, CHARLES AND TWO SISTERS, ALICE AND MARGARET. WIFE MARGARET HANNAH MATTHEWS & CHILDREN LESLIE & MARJORIE LIVED AT 19, CAMDEN STREET, HULL. ISSUED WITH MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, ON 12 Oct 1907. SERVED AS CH […]
