BORN KNOTTINGLEY, WEST YORKS, 1864. SON OF SARAH WEST ARNOLD & THE LATE EDWARD FRANK. WIDOW ALICE LOUISA ALEXANDER AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 219, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL. WORKED AS A SEAMAN SINCE 15\/10\/1877. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 5\/06\/1917. HE LEFT \u00a3616 TO HIS WIDOW AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL.<\/p>\n
On June 5th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship TAPLOW, built in 1904 by Ropner & Sons Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd., left Huelva for Port Talbot with a cargo of copper and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. Read more at wrecksite:\u00a0https:\/\/www.wrecksite.eu\/wreck.aspx?149524<\/a><\/p>\n 1. ABDULLAH IBRAHIM , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, \u202005\/06\/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 2. ALLEN, ALEXANDER (59), Boatswain, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of the late Robert and Mary Allen; husband of Letitia Allen (nee Armstrong), of 8, Northam St., Southampton. Born at Belfast, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. AUSTIN, THOMAS (53), Donkeyman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Henry Austin; husband of Elizabeth Austin (formerly Watson, nee Grasfry), of 27, Gainford St., West Hartlepool. Born at Demerara, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. BREWER, JOHN (23), Leading Seaman (no. 6512A), SS Taplow, Royal Naval Reserve, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Thomas and Helen Brewer, of 1, Hamlet Rd., Hall Green, Birmingham, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. CLARINGBOLD, WILLIAM FREDERICK (30), Ship’s Cook, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Husband of Alice Mary Claringbold (nee Finnis), of 26, Durham Rd., Newport, Mon. Born at Deal, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. ENFRANELLA (22), Fireman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Born in Ceylon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. FRANK, ALFRED (53), First Mate, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of the late Edward and Sarah West Frank; husband of Alice Louisa Frank, of 219, Marlborough Avenue, Hull. Born at Knottingley, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. GAY, HUBERT (37), Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Husband of Ada Gay, of 17, George St., Northam, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. HAMPSTON, ARCHIE HERBERT (17), Mess Room Steward, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Annie Sarah Hampton, of 6, Grove St., Southampton, and the late Richard Hampton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. HAMPTON, RICHARD (50), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of John and Jane Hampton; husband of Annie Sarah Hampton (nee Russell), of 6, Grove St., Southampton. Born at Lymington, Hampshire, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. HARRISON, THOMAS , Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. HASTIE, EDGAR ATHELING (16), Apprentice, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Emma Hastie (nee Pike), of 131, Marlboro’ St., South Shields, and the late George Nelson Hastie, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. MCINNES, WILLIAM (24), Steward, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of the late Alexander and Annie McInnes (nee McNicoll). Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. MEEDS, JAMES (33), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of James and Ada Meeds (nee Bellamy), of 65, Booth Ferry Rd., Goole, Yorks. Born at Snaith, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. MITCHELL, PHILIP SIDNEY (17), Apprentice, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of John Nathaniel Mitchell, of 92, Bedford Rd., Clapham, London, and the late Edith Louise Mitchell (nee Mitchell). Born at Brixton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. MOORE , Master, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 17. MUHAMMAD ABDUL , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, \u202005\/06\/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 18. MUHAMMAD SAMI , Fireman and Trimmer, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, \u202005\/06\/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 19. O’HARA (37), Carpenter, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Born in Argyllshire, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 20. PATTERSON, THOMAS HEPPLE (47), Second Engineer, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Elizabeth Laudells Patterson (nee Hepple) and the late Thomas Patterson. Born at North Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 21. PULLOK (27), Fireman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Born at Calcutta, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 22. ROBERTS, LLEWELLYN LLOYD (32), Third Engineer, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Elizabeth Roberts (nee Rogers), of Greffin, 7, Dinorwic St., Carnarvon, and the late Thomas John Roberts. Born at Blaenau-Festiniog, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 23. SAIYID ALI , Fireman, SS Taplow, Indian Merchant Service, \u202005\/06\/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 24. STEPHENS, WILLIAM (30), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Sarah and the late Edward Elbert Stephens; husband of Dorothy Rose Stephens (nee Maidmont), of Shore Rd., Hythe, Southampton. Born at Hythe, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 25. STIFF, SYDNEY ALBERT (37), Able Seaman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Harriett Stiff, of 129, Montgomery St., Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and the late James Stiff, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 26. THOMAS, GRIFFITH HENRY (34), Second Mate, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Griffith and Jane Thomas (nee Parry), of 2, Mount Pleasant, Portmadoc. Born at Portmadoc, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 27. WARD, WILLIAM HENRY (19), Able Seaman (no. ZP\/1101), SS Taplow, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of John and Ellen Ward, of 63, Rostella Rd., Garratt Lane, Tooting, London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 28. WIGHTMAN, WILLIAM (19), Fireman, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Son of Jane Ann Wightman, of 10, Smeeton St., North Ormesby, Yorks. Born at Middlesbrough, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 29. WISHART, ALEXANDER (58), Chief Engineer, SS Taplow, Mercantile Marine, \u202005\/06\/1917, Husband of Elizabeth Wishart (Nee Nairn), of 1, Dalhousie Terrace, Perth Rd., Dundee. Born at Arbroath, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite:\u00a0https:\/\/www.wrecksite.eu\/wreck.aspx?149524<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BORN KNOTTINGLEY, WEST YORKS, 1864. SON OF SARAH WEST ARNOLD & THE LATE EDWARD FRANK. WIDOW ALICE LOUISA ALEXANDER AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 219, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL. WORKED AS A SEAMAN SINCE 15\/10\/1877. PRESUMED DROWNED ON 5\/06\/1917. HE LEFT \u00a3616 TO HIS WIDOW AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. 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