BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN & MARY ADA BRADY. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. 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 captain and 23 of the crew were killed. Four men were taken prisoner by the submarine.Those lost from Hull included;

ANDERSON, ALFRED ERNEST (19), Mess Room Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Anderson, (nee Beall), of 113, West Parade, Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

BRADY, BERNARD (18), Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of Mary Ada Brady, of 4, Richmond Terrace, Kent St., Hull, and the late John Brady, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

CLIFFORD, TOM MOSSOP (57), Mate, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of the late Thomas Atkinson Clifford and Emily Elizabeth Arm Clifford; husband of Sarah Eleanor Clifford (nee Langstaff), of 22, Stirling St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

DIXON, WILLIAM HENRY (19), Assistant Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of Lucy Dixon, of 4, Kottingham Avenue, Stepney Lane, Hull, and the late William Henry Dixon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

FORD, WILLIAM ALBERT (22), Seaman (no. 5874A), S.S. Cambric, Royal Naval Reserve, 31/10/1917, Son of George and Ellen Ford, of North Ferriby, Yorks, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

GILIMBIS, GEORGE (34), Fireman, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Husband of Gladys Gilimbis (nee Proctor), of 5, Hull's Place, Osbourne St., Hull. Born at Syra, Greece, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

GRANTHAM, ERNEST NORMAN (28), Steward, S.S. Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of Ralph and Amelia Ellen Grantham, husband of Edith Grantham (nee Wardell), of 9, Walcott St., Hull

HANSEN, JOHAN (46), Sailor, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Husband of Florence Adelaide Hansen (nee Ramsey), of 59, Day St., Hull. Born in Norway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

KAISER, GEORGE ALBERT (28), Boatswain and Lamps, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of Charles and Alice Augusta Kaiser, of 11, Madeley St., Hull,

KELSALL, CHARLES HENRY (42), Third Engineer, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of James Edwin and the late Clara Kelsall; husband of Zillah Adeline Kelsall (nee Jones), of 53, Wright St., Hull. Born at Bolton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

NOLAN, VINCENT MICHAEL (14), Ordinary Seaman, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of the late John William and Ann Nolan. Born at Hull. Tower Hill Memorial

OXTOBY, JOHN ROWLAND (21), Ship's Cook, SS Cambric, Mercantile Marine, 31/10/1917, Son of John and the late Annie Oxtoby; husband of Mary Elizabeth Oxtoby (nee Jenkinson), of 11, Milford St., Filey, Yorks. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

PEARSON, EDGAR ALLAN (42), Chief Engineer, SS Ca