SS Polesley – 21st September 1918
In 1906 SS Den Of Crombie was sold to a German company
and renamed Istria. On the 17th
August 1914 the ship was captured by HMS Black Prince in the Red Sea &
Renamed SS Polesley.
While on route from Cardiff to France she was torpedoed
by German submarine UB-88 and sunk with the lost of 43 lives.
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Robert Hopkirk
Horsbrough - Chief Engineer - Age 34
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Born Sunderland
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Son of Margaret
Horsbrough and the late John Horsbrough
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Husband of Minnie Ethel Horsbrough
(nee Sharp) 35 Cosmeston St., Cathays, Cardiff
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For a number of years I have collected information on soldiers from the Sunderland area that were killed during the First World War. I am now fairly confident that I have information on the vast majority of soldiers from Sunderland, Murton, Seaham, Houghton, Hetton, the Washington area + nearby locations that were killed. Anyone seeking information on a soldier from Sunderland should post enquiries in a comment. Please pass on the web address: http://sunderlandsoldiers.blogspot.co.uk
Wednesday 11 July 2012
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