Bertie Harold Harvey

A Second Hand with H.M. Drifter Thistle. Bertie died on 8th of May 1941 at the age of 27. 

Bertie was born at Lowestoft on 11 November 1913, a son of Henry James and Alice Harvey. In 1921 his family lived at 51 Carlton Road, Lowestoft.

On 19 June 1937 Bertie married Marjorie Gladys Crickmore at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Bertie was working as a fisherman, and Marjorie a silk weaver. They both lived at 7 Avondale Road, Lowestoft. By 1939 they were living at 78 Somerton Road, Lowestoft. In 1939 Bertie was Skipper of the Lowestoft trawler Helping Hand (LT 1239).

On 8 May 1941 the Thistle struck a mine in the North Sea. Eight crew, including Bertie, were killed, and one survived.