BORN KNOTTINGLEY, WEST YORKS, 1864. SON OF SARAH WEST ARNOLD & THE LATE EDWARD FRANK. WIDOW ALICE LOUISA ALEXANDER AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 219, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL. WORKED AS A SEAMAN SINCE 15/10/1877. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 5/06/1917. HE LEFT £616 TO HIS WIDOW AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL.
On June 5th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship TAPLOW, built in 1904 by Ropner & Sons Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd., left Huelva for Port Talbot with a cargo of copper and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149524
1. ABDULLAH IBRAHIM , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, †05/06/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 2. ALLEN, ALEXANDER (59), Boatswain, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of the late Robert and Mary Allen; husband of Letitia Allen (nee Armstrong), of 8, Northam St., Southampton. Born at Belfast, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. AUSTIN, THOMAS (53), Donkeyman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Henry Austin; husband of Elizabeth Austin (formerly Watson, nee Grasfry), of 27, Gainford St., West Hartlepool. Born at Demerara, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. BREWER, JOHN (23), Leading Seaman (no. 6512A), SS Taplow, Royal Naval Reserve, †05/06/1917, Son of Thomas and Helen Brewer, of 1, Hamlet Rd., Hall Green, Birmingham, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. CLARINGBOLD, WILLIAM FREDERICK (30), Ship’s Cook, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Husband of Alice Mary Claringbold (nee Finnis), of 26, Durham Rd., Newport, Mon. Born at Deal, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. ENFRANELLA (22), Fireman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Born in Ceylon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. FRANK, ALFRED (53), First Mate, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of the late Edward and Sarah West Frank; husband of Alice Louisa Frank, of 219, Marlborough Avenue, Hull. Born at Knottingley, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. GAY, HUBERT (37), Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Husband of Ada Gay, of 17, George St., Northam, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. HAMPSTON, ARCHIE HERBERT (17), Mess Room Steward, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Annie Sarah Hampton, of 6, Grove St., Southampton, and the late Richard Hampton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. HAMPTON, RICHARD (50), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of John and Jane Hampton; husband of Annie Sarah Hampton (nee Russell), of 6, Grove St., Southampton. Born at Lymington, Hampshire, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. HARRISON, THOMAS , Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. HASTIE, EDGAR ATHELING (16), Apprentice, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Emma Hastie (nee Pike), of 131, Marlboro’ St., South Shields, and the late George Nelson Hastie, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. MCINNES, WILLIAM (24), Steward, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of the late Alexander and Annie McInnes (nee McNicoll). Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. MEEDS, JAMES (33), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of James and Ada Meeds (nee Bellamy), of 65, Booth Ferry Rd., Goole, Yorks. Born at Snaith, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. MITCHELL, PHILIP SIDNEY (17), Apprentice, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of John Nathaniel Mitchell, of 92, Bedford Rd., Clapham, London, and the late Edith Louise Mitchell (nee Mitchell). Born at Brixton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. MOORE , Master, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 17. MUHAMMAD ABDUL , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, †05/06/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 18. MUHAMMAD SAMI , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, †05/06/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 19. O’HARA (37), Carpenter, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Born in Argyllshire, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 20. PATTERSON, THOMAS HEPPLE (47), Second Engineer, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Elizabeth Laudells Patterson (nee Hepple) and the late Thomas Patterson. Born at North Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 21. PULLOK (27), Fireman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Born at Calcutta, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 22. ROBERTS, LLEWELLYN LLOYD (32), Third Engineer, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Elizabeth Roberts (nee Rogers), of Greffin, 7, Dinorwic St., Carnarvon, and the late Thomas John Roberts. Born at Blaenau-Festiniog, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 23. SAIYID ALI , Fireman, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, †05/06/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 24. STEPHENS, WILLIAM (30), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Sarah and the late Edward Elbert Stephens; husband of Dorothy Rose Stephens (nee Maidmont), of Shore Rd., Hythe, Southampton. Born at Hythe, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 25. STIFF, SYDNEY ALBERT (37), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Harriett Stiff, of 129, Montgomery St., Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and the late James Stiff, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 26. THOMAS, GRIFFITH HENRY (34), Second Mate, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Griffith and Jane Thomas (nee Parry), of 2, Mount Pleasant, Portmadoc. Born at Portmadoc, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 27. WARD, WILLIAM HENRY (19), Able Seaman (no. ZP/1101), SS Taplow, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †05/06/1917, Son of John and Ellen Ward, of 63, Rostella Rd., Garratt Lane, Tooting, London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 28. WIGHTMAN, WILLIAM (19), Fireman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Son of Jane Ann Wightman, of 10, Smeeton St., North Ormesby, Yorks. Born at Middlesbrough, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 29. WISHART, ALEXANDER (58), Chief Engineer, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, †05/06/1917, Husband of Elizabeth Wishart (Nee Nairn), of 1, Dalhousie Terrace, Perth Rd., Dundee. Born at Arbroath, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149524
