Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 01/07/1885. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS & CAROLINE ASHLEY, OF 56 CAMDEN STREET, HULL. 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 24/04/1917, AGED 31. HE LEFT £188 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, RUTH […]
Ship's Mate
BORN LINCOLN 1862. WIFE CAROLINE ASHLEY LIVED AT CAMDEN STREET, HULL. SKIPPER OF THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER 'CYGNUS'. 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. HE WAS LOST AT SEA WITH ALL HANDS, ON 12/12/1914, AGED 5 […]
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 18/02/1884. SON OF OTTO AND CATHERINE MATTHEWS. WIFE MARGARET HANNAH MATTHEWS & CHILDREN LESLIE & MARJORIE LIVED ABOVE. LOST AT SEA ON 12/05/1917. PROBATE ADDRESS. LEFT £201 TO HIS WIDOW. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 6/05/1919. LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR. ALSO LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL, […]
