Sergeant William James Hagan of the Royal Marine Light Infantry was born on the 29th of April 1867, Liverpool to Robert and Margaret Hagan (née Martindale), the seventh  of their ten children. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in Wales. He was just 10 years old when his mother died. William enlisted…

James Gaule, was born Hanover Street, Youghal County Cork on the18th November 1894 to Martin and Kate Gaule née Sullivan. His birth date on his service record is 4th October 1894 but on civil birth records it’s 18th November 1894. His parents married 2nd Septmber 1888 in Youghal. Martin was a soldier. His address on…

Arthur Ernest Brooks was only 17 when he died on the Laurentic.  He was in the Mercantile Marine Reserve and was working as a Ship’s Scullion. His parents Rosina Connolly and Ernest Brooks married in West Derby in 1896.  His brother Frederick Arnold was born on the 9th of October 1897 and Arthur Ernest was…

Fireman William Meek, Mercantile Marine, was born on the 5th of January 1876 in Portglenone, 8.5 miles west of Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland to William and Margaret Meek (née Martin). He was the second youngest of their eight children. His baby brother Thomas died when at the age of 15 months, from bronchitis, in 1879.  William’s…

Private Alfred William Atkinson of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, was the son of Frederick and Nellie Atkinson (née Orton). He was born 10 December 1897 in Abertillery, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales and was 19 years of age when he lost is life on the Laurentic. His father Frederick Atkinson, a musician in a theatrical company,…

Engineer Sub Lieutenant George Littleton Elliott, R.N.R. was born in Gateshead, Durham in 1884 and at the time of his death lived at 32, Ivydale Road, Liverpool. he was the third of five children born to George and Ann Elliott (née Woods) His father, a licensed Victualer born in Durham, died 1896 Northumberland.  George Littleton…

Leading Seaman James McKean, Royal Fleet Reserve , son of James and Mary Ann McKean (née Anderson), was born in Belfast on the 13th of March 1884. His father was  constable in the RIC. He lived at 24 Canning Street Belfast. James was a plumber’s assistant when he joined the Royal Navy in April 1900….

Seaman, Samuel Crellin, Royal Naval Reserve was born 23rd August 1886, Ramsey, Isle of Man, son of William Henry and Frances Crellin (née Haile), one of six children. His siblings were Thomas, John, William, Frances and Sarah. His Mother was born in Cumberland and his father in Liverpool. The couple married in Whitehaven, Cumberland in…

Able Seaman Francis Dinan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, born 5th February 1893, Swansea, Wales, was the eldest child of Francis Augustus and Mary Catherine Dinan (née Molett). His father was a master mariner and both of his parents were natives of Jersey. He had three siblings, Raymond, Beatrice and Rosalie. His parents married in Grouville,…

Seaman John Doyle RNR Service was the son of John and Anne Doyle (née Parle), born 2nd Nov 1882 Ballycleary, Kilmore, Wexford. John enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on the 1st of December 1904. From April 1910 till October 1911 he worked as a fisherman at Kilmore then worked in the docks at Swansea…