William Henry Hills
Skipper of the Trawler Ivy (Lowestoft), William died on 17th of December 1914 at the age of 63.
William was born at Saint Lawrence, Thanet, in 1851, a son of Daniel and Harriet Hills. In 1861 his family lived at 2 Holly Cottages, Deal Kent.
On 24 December 1874 William married Lavinia Foord at Saint Lawrence, Thanet. They were both living at Saint Lawrence and William was a fisherman. By 1881 they were living at 13 Saint James' Street, Ramsgate. In 1881 William was the Master of the trawler Peep of the Day. By 1891 their home was at 4 Shaftesbury Street, Ramsgate. By 1901 they had moved to Lowestoft and lived at 110 Denmark Road, which was still their home in 1911.
William was the Skipper of the Ivy. An eye-witness, the Skipper of the trawler Sis, saw the Ivy about 52 miles east by north of Lowestoft when an explosion was heard and the smack was enveloped in smoke. The Sis sailed to the spot, but no wreckage was found, nor any sign of the five crew. It was supposed that the Ivy had struck a mine.
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