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Gretaston - lives lost

Masters: 1901-04 WJ Reeder: 1905-11 AW Robinson: 1913-15 J McLean: 1916-17 W Niven.

Lives lost April 1917: Alleyne, Henry, fireman/trimmer, 22, b. Barbados; Coker, John, ship’s cook, 27, b. Accra, resided West Ham, London; Colledge, John, 3rd engineer, age 25, b. Tynemouth; Deane, Sidney James, ordinary seaman, 16, Bethnal Green, London; Dreinar, August, sailor, 44, b. Russia; Fownes, Edward William, 4th engineer, 31, b. Newcastle-on-Tyne; Fraser, Robert Coutts, 1st mate, 31, b. Shetland Isles; Harney, James, able seaman, 28, b. Waterford, resided Cardiff; Henseluck, Otto Gustav Robert (served as Smith) mess steward, 17, Whitechapel, London; Hough, John, able seaman, 39, b. Co. Clare, Ireland; Janson, August Ferdinand, fireman/trimmer, 36, b. Sweden, resided Newport, Mon.; Jones, Levy, fireman/trimmer, 19, Georgia, USA; Kershaw, Harry, ordinary seaman (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) 25, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks.; Kilcoyne, PJ, wireless operator; Matson, Emil, donkeyman, 52, b. Oslo, Norway; McGowan, John, chief boatswain, 58, b. Ballymullen, resided Clydebank, Dumbarton; McKall, Thomas, fireman/trimmer, 34, b. West Africa; Moore, E, fireman/trimmer, 22, b. Trinidad; Murray James, able seaman (Royal Naval Reserve) aged 39, 14 Bexley Terrace, Wick; Niven, W, master, 61, Liverpool; Nygren, W, sailor, 25, b. Russia; Osb.e, James, sailor, 25, b. Montserrat; Rozario, J, steward, India; Rytka, K, sailor/carpenter, 27, b. Finland ; Stroughair, Wilfred Wilson, 2nd engineer, 24, b. Ryton, on, Tyne; Williams, Edward Nathaniel, fireman/trimmer, 25, Trinidad; Williams, James, fireman/trimmer, 24, b. Sierra Leone; Wright, John, able seaman, 29, b. Canada; Young, Thomas, 1st engineer, 45, b. Blyth.

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