Henry Forest Hunter

A Third Hand with the trawler Speculator. Henry died on 9 November 1914 at the age of 28.

Henry was born at Lowestoft on 27 May 1886, a son of Peter Forest Hunter and Harriett Elizabeth Hunter. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church on 3 October 1886.  In 1891 his family lived at 34 Cambridge Road. 

On 12 January 1912 Henry married Elizabeth Mary Knights at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Henry was a fisherman living at 138 Clapham Road and Elizabeth lived at 229 Clapham Road.  After Henry's death Elizabeth married George Whiting and lived at 136 The Avenue, Lowestoft. 

The trawler Speculator, LT 1050, was last seen between 4 and 5 p.m. on 9 November 1914 fishing in the Yarmouth field near Smith's Knoll. The Skipper of the trawler Achieve reported that he heard an explosion around 8 p.m. that evening and it was presumed that this was the sound of the Speculator being blown up by a mine. The next day wreckage from the Speculator was found. 

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