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EPHRAIM FEARNLEY
Kingston upon Hull HU4 6QH
BORN BRADFORD 14/02/1881. SON OF JOHN FEARNLEY (1850-1891) AND ANN ELIZABETH ALDERSON (1852-1909), OF 18, WAPPING ROAD, BRADFORD. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED ALICE CLIFFORD, AT HULL, IN 1901. THEY LIVED WITH FOUR CHILDREN, AT 10, HEREFORD STREET, GYPSYVILLE, HULL (NAVY RECORDS). HIS TRAWLER "ASIA" STRUCK A MINE ON 12/09/1917, AND HE WAS LOST AT SEA, AGED 36.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL - 13/09/1918.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES HENRY FEARNLEY, S/40067, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16 JAN 1917. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HARRY FEARNLEY, SERVED AS 7140, IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
The British trawler Asia was sunk on 12 September 1917 by a mine from the German submarine UC-40 (Hermann Menzel) off Bressay Island. 7 of the crew were killed. Jan Lettens 01/10/2009 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board People on board HMT ASIA123 1. BELL, JAMES ARTHUR , Engineman (no. 862ES), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. BENJAMIN, JOHN DUXFIELD (31), Lieutenant, HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Husband of M. A. Benjamin, of 60, Eastbourne Rd., Darlington, Co. Durham, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. CUMMINGS, WILLIAM (35), Trimmer (no. 6219TS), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Son of Mrs. J. Davidson, of Commonty, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 4. FEARNLEY, EPHRAIM , Second Hand (no. 1972SA), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. LAING, JOHN (42), Engineman (no. 1840ES), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Son of the late John and Hannah Laing, of South Shields; husband of Mary Duncan Laing, of 36, St. Clair St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 6. MACDONALD, MALCOLM JOHN (23), Wireless Telegraph Operator (no. 172WTS), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Son of George and Elizabeth Macinnes Macdonald, of Lochside, Lairg, Sutherlandshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 7. PATTULLO, WILLIAM (27), Trimmer (no. 6242TS), HMT Asia, Royal Naval Reserve, 12/09/1917, Son of David and Margaret Chaplir Pattullo, of 35, Howard St., Arbroath, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59842
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