SunderlandSoldiers

SS Dunrobin - 24th November 1917 Torpedoed by German submarine UB-53 on route to the Tyne from Almeria with a cargo of iron ore. 31 lives lost

George Faulkland Dick - Donkeyman - Age 48

Born Camberwell. London

Son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Dick.

Husband of Margaret Jane Dick (nee Gibson) 5 Whitburn Terrace, Sunderland.

Anthony Evans - Fireman - Age 22

Son of Anthony & Margaret Jane Evans (nee Wheatley) 29 Church St. Market, Sunderland

William Rudolph Hansen - Boatswain - Age 37

Born Denmark.

Son of Caroline Hansen & the late Carl Hansen

husband of Mary Ann Hansen (nee Rackstraw) 21 Wear St., Sunderland.

William Jefferson - Fireman - Age 57

Born Sunderland.

Son of the late Thomas Collier Jefferson & Elizabeth Cummings Jefferson

James Pickering Laybourne - Fireman - Age 28

Born Sunderland.

Son of Joseph Pickering Laybourne & Margaret Arm Laybourne

Husband of Margaret Ann Laybourne (Nee Morrison) 31 Silver St., Sunderland.

John Henry Lunn - Able Seaman - Age 21

Severed under the name Young

Son of James Henry Lunn & the late Annie Lunn, 20 Low Row, Sunderland.

William Francis McCready - Fireman & Trimmer - Age 49

Born Sunderland.

Son of the late James & Elizabeth McCready.

Husband of Sarah Isabella McCready (nee Roberts) 37 Back Stobart St., Sunderland.

Henry Berthold Sheel - First Mate - Age 46

Born Sunderland.

Son of the late Henry Daniel William & Margaret Sheel.

Husband of Annie Patterson Sheel (formerly Hayes, nee McKie) 19 Barnard St., Sunderland

Anthony Vickers - Fireman - Age 25

Served under the name Willson

Son of the late George & Mary Ann Vickers

Husband of Margaret Ann Vickers (nee Richardson) 38 Queen Street East, Sunderland.

John Anderson Young - Able Seaman - Age 32

Born Sunderland.

Son of Elizabeth & the late George Young.

Husband of Elizabeth Young (nee Mulligan) 2 Nicholson St., Sunderland.