George Douglas Brown

A Second Hand with Sailing Trawler Loch Fyne (Lowestoft), George died on 6th of September 1915. 

George was born at Lowestoft on 17 November 1878, a son of William and Elizabeth Brown. He was baptised at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft, on 20 March 1889. In 1881 his family lived at 44 Stevens Street, Lowestoft, and by 1891 they were living at 16 Stevens Street.  

On 13 October 1904 George married Edith Mary Womack at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft. George was a fisherman and they both lived at 22 Commercial Road, Lowestoft. By 1911 they were living at 63 Norwich Road, Lowestoft, and George was a trawler fisherman. 

In September 1915 George was the Second Hand on the sailing trawler Loch Fyne, LT 1105. The trawler left Lowestoft on 6 September 1915 intending to fish the Leman and Owen Shoals and to return on 15 September. The trawler was not heard of again and there was no sign of the crew. There is no certain answer as to what happened to the Loch Fyne. The trawler's owner thought it had been sunk by a mine, but the Admiralty determined that the Loch Fyne was possibly sunk by a submarine because between 7 and 10 September 1915 six other Lowestoft fishing vessels had been sunk in the Leman and Owen Shoals.

All four crew, including George, were lost.

Note: Although Commonwealth War Grave records give George's date of death as 6 September 1915, the Loch Fyne was presumed to have been lost between 7 and 10 September 1915. 

See: 1914 – 1918 Lowestoft Fisherman: killed by enemy action – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)