BORN GRIMSBY 08/02/1895. SON OF SAMUEL SHERWOOD, AT 92 GRIMSBY ROAD, GRIMSBY. HE LIVED AT 28 NEWTON STREET, HULL. HE DIED ON THE HULL TRAWLER. 'ERIN', ON 19/10/1915, AGED 20. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE WITH MESSRS, BEECHING, AND A WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN HULL'S FISHING CIRCLES. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 08/11/1915, AND AGAIN, ON THE 19/10/1916 *

HMT Erin II, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley in 1903 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 181 tons.

On October 19th, 1915, HMT Erin II was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-5 (Herbert Pustkuchen), off the Nab lightvessel. 7 persons were lost.

PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ERIN II

CAMPBELL, DONALD (31), Deck Hand (no. 390/SD), H.M. Trawler Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Son of John and Flora Campbell, of 27, Geary, Waternish, Portree, Skye, Memorial: Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery

HEWSON, WILLIAM , Engineman (no. 638ES), H.M. Trawler Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

JAMIESON, ROBERT GLEGG (47), Engineman (no. 741ES), H.M. Trawler Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Husband of Catherine Jamieson, of 22, Stafford St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

LAVERACK, ALFRED , Trimmer (no. 863TS), H.M. Trawler Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

PAYNE, ARTHUR HENRY (18), Trimmer (no. 880TS), H.M. Trawler Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Son of Richard Arthur Payne, of 18, Massey St., St. George's Rd., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial

SHERWOOD, WALTER , Second Hand (no. 474SA), H.M. Trawler Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial.