Garron Head

Lives lost November 1917:

Burney, William, fireman/trimmer, 24, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim; Creen, Archibald, 3^rd steward, 18, Pilot St. Belfast; Creighton, Edward Henry, 1^st engineer, 32, b. Belfast, resided Whitehead, Co. Antrim; Crowley, James Edward, able seaman, 40, b. USA, resided Belfast; Davison, Charles, greaser, 37, b. Ballycarry, resided Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim; Devine, Thomas, fireman/trimmer, 38, b. Dundrum; Dunn, David Andrew, donkeyman, 39, b. Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh; Grandin, Alfred John, leading seaman, age 33, Jersey; Hanna, John Clendinning, 2^nd engineer, 25, b. Belfast; Hodkinson, Athur, fireman/trimmer, 35, b. Carrickfergus; Holmes, Charles Adair, 3^rd engineer, 26, Belfast; Hay, William James, sailor, 19, Whitehead, Co. Antrim; Kennedy, Matthew John, 2^nd steward, 27, Kilkeel, Co. Down; Lewis, James, fireman/trimmer, 39, Belfast; Lyttle, John, sailor, 20, Trafalgar St. Belfast; Maxwell, James, 2^nd mate, 35, b. Donaghadee; McDonald, William, ship’s cook, 38, Belfast (husband of Elizabeth, nee Hughes); McKay, Patrick, boatswain, 34, Glenarm, Co. Antrim; McIlwaine, James, 4^th engineer, 22, b. Carrickfergus; McMordie, Leslie William Watt, 1^st mate, 28, Belfast; Moore, Alexander, chief steward, 37, b. Rathdrum, C. Wicklow; Porter, James, fireman/trimmer, 41, b. Killtleagh, Co. Down; Ritchie, James, 3^rd mate, 21, b. Campbeltown; Runnette, William John, carpenter, 29, b. Brooklyn, New York; Shaw, Thomas Molyneux, sailor, 18, b. Ballinacavid, Co. Antrim

Skilling, James, able seaman, 46, b. Donaghadee, Co. Down; Taylor, Edwin Lough, wireless operator, 22, Grange Rd. Newcastle-on-Tyne; Turlington, George B, able seaman, Bristol..

This section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.