Frank Arthur Hall

A Deck Hand with H.M. Trawler Mary. Frank died on 5th of November 1914 at the age of 29. 

Frank was born at Lowestoft on 19 February 1886, a son of George Edwin (Jimmie) and Jessie Hall. In 1891 his family lived at 11 Cumberland Road, Lowestoft. By 1901 his father had died and he lived at 4 Princes Road, as did his mother, and Frank was a cooper's apprentice. 

On 4 June 1908 Frank married Jane Hannah Cooper Stone at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Frank was a fisherman and they were both living at 21 Worthing Road. By 1911 they were living at 18 Saint Margaret's Road and Frank was still a fisherman. Later Jane remarried, surname Woodrow, and lived at 12 Cambridge Road, Lowestoft.

Frank joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 September 1914 and he served on the trawler Mary.

On 5 November the Mary, along with trawlers Columbia and Driver, were mine-sweeping in the Yarmouth field, near the Smith's Knoll Buoy. This area had been mined by the German ship Kolberg. The Mary was destroyed by a mine. The Skipper and seven crew, including Frank, were killed, and six others rescued.