Scarborough through the First World War remembered
Name: William (Willie) Forster
Rank: Private
Service No: 39017
Date of Death: 03/09/1917
Regiment/Service: 7th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Grave reference: VI. C. 52., Duisans Military Cemetery
Additional information: Only son of J H and M Forster of Ivy Dene, Scalby, Scarborough.
There is a beautiful memorial plaque in St Laurence’s Church, Scalby. See image below. You can read more about Willie on the Scalby War Memorial website.
Name: John Flynn
Rank: Trimmer
Date of Death: 23/02/1920
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Merchant Marine Steam Fishing Vessel “Strathord” (Scarborough)
Commemorated on: Tower Hill Memorial
Husband of Elizabeth Flynn, of 30 The Bolts, Scarborough.
Strathord was a 195 GRT steam fishing vessel completed in 1906 by Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. for Aberdeen Steam Trawling And Fishing Co. From 1920 she was owned by Raincliffe Steam Trawling Co. and registered at Scarborough. On 23 February 1920 she was seen to be blown up by a mine by the crew of another fishing vessel.
There were no survivors.