Steward
BORN HULL 1856. WIFE ANNIE LIVED IN CARDIFF. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 10/04/1915, AGED 59. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Harpalyce, was built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by J. & C. Harrison, Ltd., London, was a British steamer of 5940 tons. The st […]
BORN HOPE, FLINTSHIRE, NORTH WALES 1876. SHIP'S COOK. LOST AT SEA ON 21/05/1917, BY ENEMY ACTION. RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Jupiter SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping Co. (Jacob Hessler & Co,), West Hartlepool by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock. In 1915 sh […]
Lance Corporal
BORN HULL 1893. ENLISTED CARDIFF. Son of Florence Reed, of 101, Marion St., Splott, Cardiff, and the late William Reed.
Ordinary Seaman
BORN HULL 17/04/1887. MOTHER NELLIE PATRINGTON, LIVED SOUTH WALES. ROYAL NAVY SEAMAN, KILLED IN ACTION ON HMS "QUEEN MARY", 31/05/1916, AGED 29. The Battle of Jutland (Skagerrakschlacht) was the largest naval battle of World War I, fought between 31st May and 1st June 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. The Germans' plan was to […]
BORN HULL 1893. LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW, THOMAS RIDOUT, AT 4 LLANELLY STREET, CARDIFF, WITH HIS FOUR BROTHERS AND SISTER CATHERINE. EMPLOYED AS A MASON'S LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED CARDIFF. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/07/1915. SERVED WITH THE 15TH WELSH REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/08/1917, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES […]
2, FISHWELL ROAD, CANTON, CARDIFF, GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, UK
Area
Died on
14/09/1916
Aged
24
BORN HULL 1896. BAPTISED HESSLE ROAD, HULL, 18 JUNE 1896. SON OF ERNEST JOHN THOMAS & MARY JANE THOMAS, OF 2, FISHWELL ROAD, CANTON, CARDIFF (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ENLISTED CARDIFF. POSTED OVERSEAS, ON 5/9/1915. SERVED WITH THE 11TH WELSH REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, EGYPT, ON 14/09/1916, AGED 24. BURIED SALONIKA, GREECE. HIS ARMY E […]
Greaser
BORN CARDIFF 1874. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR.COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. SS Montebello, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons. On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a […]
