Arthur William Jeffries

A Chief Engineer with Fishing Vessel Kincorth (Aberdeen), Arthur died on 10th of December 1941 at the age of 60. 

Arthur was born at Kirkley in 1881, a son of Robert Arthur and Mary Ann Jeffries. In 1881 his family lived at East Side, 3 Saint George’s Road, Kirkley, and in 1891 at 1 Windsor Road. By 1901 their home was at 10 Windsor Road and Arthur worked as a blacksmith. 

On 7 June 1908 Arthur married Ethel Pamela Brown at Saint Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville. Arthur was an engineer living at Kirkley and Ethel lived at Carlton Colville. By 1911 they were living at 2 May Terrace, Pakefield Street and by 1939 their home was at 74 Beaconsfield Road. 

In 1941 Arthur was the Chief Engineer on the steam trawler Kincorth. On 10 December 1941 the trawler was fishing seven miles east-north-east from Point Lynas, Anglesey, Wales, near Ynys Moelfre. The trawler is believed to have struck a mine and exploded. All ten of the crew, including Arthur, were lost.