Scarborough through the First World War remembered
Name: John Lionel Wordsworth
Rank: Lieutenant
Died: 04/11/1914
Aged: 32
Regiment/service: 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
Commemorated: Panel 5, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Brother of Mr W H Wordsworth of The Glen, Scalby, Scarborough.
Image of John Wordworth: © IWM (HU 127919)
There is an impressive panel memorial to John Wordsworth in St Laurence’s Church, Scalby. See images below. You can also read more about John Wordsworth at Scalby War Memorial website.
Name: James Henry Williamson
Rank: Deck Trimmer
Date of Death: 23/02/1920
Age: 20
Regiment/Service:Mercantile Marine Steam Fishing Vessel “Strathord” (Scarborough)
Panel Reference: Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Additional Information: son of Edward and Jane Williamson, of 88, Longwestgate, Scarborough. Born at Hull.
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.
Name: John Warwick
Rank: Second Engineer
Date of Death: 23/02/1920
Age: 43
Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine Steam Fishing Vessel “Strathord” (Scarborough)
Commemorated: Tower Hill Memorial
Additional Information: son of the late John and Mary Warwick; husband of Annie Warwick (née Smith), of 6 Clarkson’s Buildings, Longwestgate, Scarborough. Born at 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.