BORN HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, 10/07/1886. SON OF MARY JANE (DOLLY) LINCOLN, AT 8, OAK AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS A SEAMAN, FROM, 03/12/902. DROWNED ON 11/11/1917, AGED 31, OFF THE COAST OF PALESTINE.

HMS Staunch was an Acron class destroyer of the British Navy. On November 11th 1917, she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-38 (Oberleutnant zur See Hans Hermann Wendlandt), off Deir el-Balah, Gaza, the Palestine coast. 8 soldiers were killed.

1. BRIDGER, WALTER ALBURY (30), Petty Officer Stoker (no. 304778), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of John and Charlotte Bridger, of Wick, Littlehampton, Sussex, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

2. BURDON, ADOLPH (31), Stoker 1st Class (no. 223995), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of Mary Jane Lincoln (formerly Burdon), of 8, Oak Avenue, Subway St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

3. GOULD, PERCY THOMAS (25), Stoker 1st Class (no. K/12780), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Grandson of Mrs. A. E. Gould, of 23, Stanley St., Burton-on-Trent. Staffs, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

4. HENSLEY, WILLIAM GEORGE , Engine Room Artificer 1st Class (no. 270239), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of George and Emily Hensley, of Clewer, New Town, Windsor; husband of Madge L. Hensley, of 88, Emanuel St., Mile End. Portsmouth, Memorial: Port Said War Memorial Cemetery

5. PRIOR, DAVID THOMAS WILLIAM (25), Stoker 1st Class (no. K/30930), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of Paul and Annie Prior, of Rose Cottage, Folksworth, Stilton, Peterborough, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

6. SHARP, WILLIAM (35), Petty Officer Stoker (no. K/2373), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of Mary Sharp, of 5, Bensham Crescent, Bensham, Gateshead, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

7. SPINKS, LEONARD ARTHUR (25), Stoker 1st Class (no. K/5939), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of Mrs. A. E. Spinks, of Runhall, Attleborough, Norfolk, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

8. SWAIN, REGINALD THOMAS ALEXANDER (20), Stoker 1st Class (no. SS/117414), HMS Staunch, Royal Navy, 11/11/1917, Son of Thomas and Charlotte Swain, of Tilehurst, Reading, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial.