Arthur Edwin Curtis

A Seaman with S.S. Ancona., Arthur died on 28th of May 1917.

Arthur was born at Kessingland on 24 March 1893, a son of James and Jessie Curtis of Kessingland Lowestoft. He was baptised at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland, on 25 June 1893. In 1901 his family lived at Elm Cottages, Kessingland. By 1911 they were living at Tramway Terminus, London Road, Pakefield, and Arthur was a herring fisherman. In 1914 they lived at 3 Carlton Terrace, Pakefield. 

Arthur joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 29 December 1914. It seems that he served on Defensively Armed Merchant Ships. 

On 28 October 1916 Arthur married Emma Edmonds at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Arthur was serving on S. S. Roma and Emma lived at 5 Sussex Road, Lowestoft. 

On 28 May 1917 the S.S. Ancona left Falmouth, heading for a Spanish port. the cargo ship was sunk by German submarine U-70 about 110 miles west-south-west of Ushant. There were no survivors and Arthur, along with 24 other crew and one passenger, were lost.