Deck Hand
BORN HULL 23/2/1883. SON OF JOSEPH BRIGGS & EMILY (BRIDLE). WIFE BEATRICE (NORTHARD) LIVED ABOVE. BROTHER OSCAR CHARLES BRIGGS DIED 28/11/18 - GRIMSBY. On September 29th, 1914, the British iron fishing ship SALVIA, on her way from Grimsby to the faroese fishing grounds, was last spoken to and went missing. She was not heard of ever […]
Ship Skipper
BORN HULL 12/06/1880. SON OF MARY CRANE, OF 2, HUNTINGDON STREET, HULL. TRAWLER SKIPPER OF THE 'MALABAR'. LOST AT SEA, ON 03/01/1916, AGED 36. The hull steam trawler MALABAR (H754) left Hull for a fishing trip in the North Sea on 20/12/1915 with 9 crew. She was last seen on January 1916 and posted missing:- lost with nine crew during […]
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SUSAN JACKSON. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS, ALL LIVING IN THE HESSLE ROAD, AREA OF HULL. A BANDAGE PACKER, FOR SMITH & NEPHEWS. HE MARRIED MARGARET ELSIE (BOAST), ON 08/04/1914, AT HULL'S HARLEY STREET, REGISTRY OFFICE. THEY LIVED AT 30, HUNTINGDON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS), WITH THEIR SO […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS & EMILY ELIZABETH RAMSDALE. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/8TH SHERWOOD FORESTER. KILLED IN ACTION ON 7TH APRIL 1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER THOMAS. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. NB: WALTER RAMSDALE LIST […]
