Austin Harold Hammond Utting

A Fourth Hand with Steam Trawler Rio (Grimsby), Austin died on 26th of January 1915 at the age of 31. 

Austin was born at Kessingland in 1882, a son of Benjamin and Matilda Utting. He was baptised at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland, on 29 October 1882. In 1891 his family lived at Beach Road, Kessingland. 

In 1901 Austin was a seaman working on the trawler Bittern, LT228, at Newlyn. 

On December 25 1907 Austin married Annie Welsh at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland. Austin was a fisherman and they both lived at Kessingland. By 1911 they were living at High Street, Kessingland, and later at 5 Belvedere Place, Kessingland Beach, Suffolk. 

The trawler Rio left Grimsby on 26 January for North Sea fishing grounds and was not seen again. By June 1915 the Board of Trade had concluded that the trawler had been sunk with all hands.