Charles Cable

A Deck Hand with H.M. Drifter Campania II, Charles died on 5th of March 1917 at the age of 35. 

Charles was born at East Bridge, Theberton, Suffolk, on 18 March 1881, a son of William and Emma Cable. In 1891 his family lived at The Common, Leiston. By 1901 Charles was a fisherman and he lodged at 54 Saint Peter’s Street, Lowestoft, with the Girdlestone family. 

On 4 March 1906 Charles married Ethel Maud Rebecca Howes at Saint Peter’s Church, Kirkley. By 1911 they were living at 74 Tennyson Road. Later Ethel married George Andrews and lived at 58 Ipswich Road.

Charles joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 25 February 1915 and served on the trawler Arimathea. On 1 August 1916 he joined the trawler Campania II.   

On 5 March 1917 the Campania II was in the North Sea and was lost in a gale. All twelve crew, including Charles, died. 

Charles' wife, Ethel, died in 1943 during an air raid.