Alfred William Ames

A Second Engineer with Fishing Vessel S.D.J. (Lowestoft)., Alfred died on 11th of May 1947 at the age of 50. 

Alfred was born at Carlton Colville on 11 November 1895, a son of Charles and Jane Elizabeth Ames. In 1901 his family lived at Severn Terrace, Carlton Colville. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, on 24 April 1903, and his family lived at Kirkley Run. By 1911 his family were living at 2 Mill Cottages, Horn Hill, Lowestoft, and Alfred was a labourer at a timber merchant. 

Alfred was living at 27 Chapel Street, Lowestoft, when he joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 4 January 1916. He served as an Engineman, number TS 4968. He served on the trawler Bien Venu, LT 631, and was demobilized on 12 June 1919. His address, on discharge, was 35 Duke's Head Street, Lowestoft. 

In 1923 Alfred married Blanche Rice. In 1939 they lived at 15 Sandringham Road and Alfred was an unemployed fisherman. The 1939 Register gives his date of birth as 18 November 1895.  

In 1947 Alfred was working on the Lowestoft trawler S.D.J., LT 1187. This was reported missing on 11/12 May and it was presumed to have been sunk by a mine in the North Sea with the loss of all nine crew. 

Alfred's nephew, Amos Charles Horn, was killed in action in 1916.