BORN COLUMBO, SRI LANKA, 1893. SERVED ON THE HULL SHIP ‘ZARA’. LOST AT SEA ON 13TH APRIL 1917, AGED 24, THROUGH ENEMY ACTION. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY & CWGC RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
SS Zara, built by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow in 1897 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.331 tons. On April 13th, 1917, Zara, on a voyage from London to Trondhjem with general cargo, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-30 (Franz Grünert), 90 miles W3/4S of Helliso Island. 27 persons were lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60007
1. ABRAHAM, JOHN (24), Fireman, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †15/04/1917, Born at Colombo, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BLACKLEY, CHARLES (25), Greaser, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. BOYLE, JOHN JOSEPH (36), Third Engineer, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Husband of Elizabeth Boyle, of 2, Bedeque St., Belfast. Born at Belfast, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. BROWN, JOHN (23), Fireman, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Born in Sierra Leone, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. COLE, TOM , Fireman, SS Zara, Indian Merchant Service, †14/04/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 6. EDWARDS (44), Fireman, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †15/04/1917, Born in Jamaica, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. FENTIMAN, HAROLD JOHN (35), Second Engineer, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Son of the late Albert and Mary Fentiman; husband of Hilda Fentiman (nee Jolly), of Pickering Cottage, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancs. Born at Benares, India, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. FROW, THOMAS HENRY (33), Assistant Steward, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Son of Thomas Chantry Frow, of 19, Fenchurch St., Kingston-upon-Hull, and the late Sarah Frow. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM MEADLEY (33), First Mate, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Son of the late Joseph Bonner Golightly and Charlotte Golightly; husband of Alice Golightly (nee Gillings), of 71, Queen’s Rd., Hull. Born at, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. KNOWLES, ROBERT , Able Seaman (no. Mersey Z/868), SS Zara, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †13/04/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 11. LYONS, JOHN (54), Able Seaman, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. PAUL, THOMAS (19), Fireman, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †15/04/1917, Born at Calabar, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. POPPLETON, WALTER HOWARD (21), Mess Room Steward, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Son of Arthur and Ada Poppleton, of 152, Plane St., Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. THOMPSON, WALTER (51), Boatswain, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. WALKER , Ship’s Cook, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †15/04/1917, Memorial: Fredrikstad Military Cemetery 16. WALTERS, MILWARD (35), Donkeyman, SS Zara, Mercantile Marine, †13/04/1917, Son of Caroline Mary Walters; husband of Mary Ellen Walters (nee Taylor), of 126, Adelaide St., Hull. Born at St. Thomas Mount, India, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60007
