Fireman
BORN USA 1892. DROWNED ON 31/10/1917, BY ENEMY ACTION, AGED 25. HIS NAME IS LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captai […]
Fireman
BORN LIVERPOOL 1869. SON OF EUPHEMIA & ALEXANDER GRAY. WIFE MINNIE - MASSACHUSETTS, USA. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. CALYPSO SS was a 2,876grt British Merchant ship built in 1904 by Earle’s Sb. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull . T […]
BORN HULL 12.1.1867. SON OF HENRY ERNEST HULBERT - 7 JOHN STREET, HULL. HENRY LEWIS HULBERT IS ONE OF AMERICA'S HIGHEST DECORATED SOLDIERS. HE SERVED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, MALAYA. BEFORE EMIGRATATING TO USA AFTER DIVORCE. HE WON 'MEDAL OF HONOR' (MoH) IN SAMOA 1889 & DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AT BELLEAU WOOD 1918. http://en.wikipe […]
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 […]
