Cecil John Boor

A Deck Hand with H.M. Drifter Piscatorial II, Cecil died on 28th of December 1917 at the age of 19. 

Cecil was born at Lowestoft on 7 June 1898, a son of Samuel John and Emma Jane Boor. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 3 August 1898 and his family lived at 16 Queens Road. In 1901 his family lived at 7 Edinburgh Road and by 1911 at 68 Worthing Road. By 1916 his parents were living at 46 Saint Margaret’s Road, and later at 119 Saint Margaret’s Road.

Cecil joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 3 July 1916. He served with the trawler Fisher Queen and, on 22 September 1917, joined the Piscatorial II. 

On 28 December 1917 the Piscatorial II was patrolling in the English Channel, about seven miles south-west of Brighton, and struck a mine. The drifter sank with the loss of all ten crew, including Cecil.