Amos William Catchpole

A Fisherman with Steam Drifter Lord Carnarvon (Lowestoft), Amos died on 19th of November 1914 at the age of 43. 

Amos was born at Kessingland in 1871, a son of Samuel and Emma Catchpole. He was baptised at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland, on 28 January 1872. His family lived at Turnpike Road, Kessingland. In 1881 Amos lived with his grandparents at The Street, Kessingland. In 1891 he was still living with his grandparents, now at the High Street, Kessingland, and Amos was a fisherman.

In late 1904 Amos married Anna Baxter at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland. Amos lived at Kessingland and Anna at Mutford. The 1911 Census shows Anna living at Mill Road, Mutford, with her parents. By 1914 Amos and Anna were living at 8 Flora Terrace, Carlton Road, Pakefield. 

Amos worked as a fisherman on the steam drifter Lord Carnarvon, LT 1197. The drifter sailed from Lowestoft on 18 November 1914. An explosion was heard during the evening, but next morning there was no sigh of the drifter. Wreckage was later washed ashore at Gorleston and Southwold. It seems that the Lord Carnarvon was sunk by a mine, most probably when sailing off Gorleston. All ten of the crew were killed. 

See: Lowestoft – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)