killed at scarborough

[bernardmcilwaine]

has anyone got a list of the women who were killed when scarborough was shelled or know were there is one,bernard

[Glosters]

The Times had a list of civilian casualties, but I think it combined casualties from Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool. I will have a look later.

There is a group of medals to a sailor killed -

http://www.qcmilitaria.com/hmspatrol.htm

Steve

[Jim Strawbridge]

Hello Bernard, I hope that this helps, Jim

Sea Raid - December 16th, 1914

Name Address Age

ABRAHAM, Charles 4 Fawcett Street, West Hartlepool 33 years

ALLEN, Annie 14 Victoria Place, Hartlepool 25 years

ALLEN, Robert Alfred 52 Crimdon Street, West Hartlepool 10 years

AMBROSE, Robert Lumley 65 Everard Street, West Hartlepool 33 years

ARNOLD, Hannah 48 Gas Street, West Hartlepool 33 years

ASHCROFT, Edwin 44 Malton Street, Hartlepool 29 years

ASQUITH, William 22 Town Walk, Hartlepool 51 years

AVERY, William G. 4 Victoria Place, Hartlepool 49 years

BACKHAM, Cuthbert 5 Church Street, Hartlepool 42 years

BARNES, George James 2 Wykeham Street, Scarborough 5 years

BEALE, Mr. Alfred 50 Raleigh Street, Scarborough 41 years

BELL, Henry Stephen 31 Belk Street, West Hartlepool 8 years

BENNETT, Mrs. Johanna 2 Wykeham Street, Scarborough 58 years

BENNETT, Mr. Albert F. 2 Wykeham Street, Scarborough 22 years

BINNS, Samuel 21 Ramsay Street, West Hartlepool 68 years

BRANNER, Margaret 53 Belk Street, West Hartlepool 60 years

BRIGGS, Miss Margaret "Dunollie", Filey Road, Scarborough 30 years

BUNTER, James 13 Commercial Street, Middleton, Hartlepool 32 years

BURGON, Robert Mill Street, West Hartlepool 38 years

CAPELING, Nicholas 4 Darlington Street, Hartlepool 25 years

CAWS, Dorothy 57 Grosvenor Street, West Hartlepool 25 years

CHAPPLE, William 18 Slake Terrace, Middleton, Hartlepool 15 years

CHURCHER, William H. 29 Clarendon Road, West Hartlepool 26 years

CLARK, Lance Corporal 18th Battallion, Durham Light Infantry, Hartlepool ?

CLAUDE, Alfred Camille Benard 13 Gordon Street, West Hartlepool 12 years

CLARKE, John 5 Kinburn Street, Hartlepool 54 years

COOK, Harold 40 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 10 years

COOK, James 28 Rokeby Street, Hartlepool 37 years

COOK, Wilfred 40 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 8 years

COOPER, Edward 6 Exeter Street, West Hartlepool 16 years

CORNER, Annie 1 Dock Street, West Hartlepool 37 years

CORNER, Bridget 4 Dock Street, West Hartlepool 39 years

CORNFORTH, Charles 3 Lilly Street, Hartlepool 63 years

CORNFORTH, Jane Anne 3 Lilly Street, Hartlepool 17 years

CORNFORTH, Polly 3 Lilly Street, Hartlepool 23 years

COX, Thomas 2 Durham Street, Hartlepool 26 years

CRAKE, John William 19 Wood Street, Hartlepool 15 years

CRESSY, Albert E. 48 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 29 years

CROSBY, Miss Edith 1 Belvedere Road, Scarborough 39 years

CROW, Miss Ada 124 Falsgrave Road, Scarborough 28 years

DIXON, Albert 30 William Street, Hartlepool 7 years

DIXON, George E. 30 William Street, Hartlepool 14 years

DIXON, Margaret E. 30 William Street, Hartlepool 8 years

DRING, George 38 Elliott Street, West Hartlepool 47 years

DUFFIELD, Mrs. Alice 38 Esplanade, Scarborough 56 years

ELLIS, Mr. Leonard 29 Londesborough Road, Scarborough 47 years

EVANS, John 30 Charlotte Street, West Hartlepool 32 years

FRANKLAND, Catherine 3 Leeds Street, West Hartlepool 4 years

FRITH, Mr. Harry 1 Bedford Street, Scarborough 45 years

GIEPEL, Ethel May 16 Cliff Terrace, Hartlepool 35 years

GRAY, William Serving on S.S. Munificent, Blyth 23 years

HALL, Mr. John J.P. 28 Westbourne Park, Scarborough 65 years

HAMILTON, Jessie 50 Malton Street, Hartlepool 21 years

HARLAND, Mr. Henry 8 Belle Vue Street, Scarborough 30 years

HARPER, Elizabeth A. 4 Moor Terrace, Hartlepool 49 years

HARRIS, Etta 1 South Crescent, Hartlepool 30 years

HARRISON, Mary Ann 20 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 60 years

HEALEY, John Hart Street, Hartlepool 63 years

HENDERSON, Joseph 45 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 47 years

HENINGHAM, Margaret 18 Dock Street, West Hartlepool 8 years

HERBERT, Selena 5 William Street, Hartlepool 3 years

HESLOP, Thomas 49 Perth Street, West Hartlepool 7 years

HIGHAM, Thomas 9 Henry Street, Hartlepool 11 years

HODGSON, John 26 Stepheson Street, Hartlepool 62 years

HODGSON, Sarah 32 Thirlmere Street, West Hartlepool 56 years

HODGSON, William 9 Water Street, West Hartlepool 43 years

HORSLEY, Hilda 9 Wood Street, West Hartlepool 17 years

HOUSTON, Gunner Durham R.G.A., Hartlepool ?

HUDSON, Charles W. 43 Mary Street, Hartlepool 21 years

HUNTER, Margaret Ann 11 Bridge Street, West Hartlepool 47 years

HUNTER, Samuel Hall 1 Alexandra Terrace, West Hartlepool 16 years

JACKSON, Edith 49 South Street, West Hartlepool 39 years

JACOBS, Joseph 24 Belk Street, West Hartlepool 13 years

JOBLING, Hannah 22 South Street, West Hartlepool 4 years

JOBLING, Sarah 22 South Street, West Hartlepool 6 years

JONES, Private T. 18th Battallion, Durham Light Infantry, Hartlepool ?

KAY, Annie M. "Rockside", Cliff Terrace, Hartlepool 34 years

KAY, Florence "Rockside", Cliff Terrace, Hartlepool 32 years

LEE, Clementina 5 Victoria Place, Hartlepool 25 years

LEIGHTON, John S. 16 Clifton Street, Hartlepool 56 years

LIDDLE, Corporal 18th Battallion, Durham Light Infantry, Hartlepool ?

LITTLE, Sapper Durham Royal Engineers, Hartlepool ?

LOFTHOUSE, Benjamin 25 Belk Street, West Hartlepool 7 months

LYNETH, James 11 Staindrop Street, West Hartlepool 42 years

McGUIRE, John 58 Cameron Road, West Hartlepool 15 years

McINTYRE, Miss Bertha 22 Westbourne Road, Scarborough 42 years

MARSHALL, Catherine 41 Mary Street, Hartlepool 86 years

MEASER, Christopher Well's Yard, Hartlepool 10 years

MERRYWEATHER, Mrs. Emily Lois 43 Prospect Road, Scarborough 30 years

MILLER, Mrs. Winefride Spring Hill Terrace, Whitby ?

MINKS, Private T. 18th Battallion, Durham Light Infantry, Hartlepool ?

MOON, Julia 11 Dover Street, West Hartlepool 68 years

MOSSOM, Thomas St. Johns Street, West Hartlepool 55 years

NECY, Eleanor 2 Pilot Street, Hartlepool 6 months

OLIVER, Joseph 6 Carlisle Place, West Hartlepool 46 years

OWEN, Mary Ellen 1a Pilot Street, West Hartlepool 17 years

OWEN, Rose 1a Pilot Street, West Hartlepool 43 years

PEARSON, James William Mayville House, Robin Hood's Bay 26 years

PEART, Charles 30 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 2 years

PEART, William 30 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 5 years

PHILLIPS, Thomas 2 Leeds Street, West Hartlepool 16 years

PREW, Mrs. Mary 17 Belle Vue Street, Scarborough 65 years

RAMSAY, Charles L.C. 24 Osborne Road, West Hartlepool ?

RANDALL, Frederick R.N. Whitby 30 years

REDSHAW, Margaret A. 51 Watson Street, Hartlepool 47 years

REYBOULD, Hannah 37 Darlington Terrace, West Hartlepool 39 years

ROGERS, Private W. 18th Battallion, Durham Light Infantry, Hartlepool ?

RYALLS, John Shield 22 Westbourne Park, Scarborough 14 months

SARGINSON, William 67 Beechwood Road, West Hartlepool 22 years

SCARR, Thomasina 1 Richardson Street, West Hartlepool 44 years

SIMMONS, Stanley Parents visiting West Hartlepool from Ballincolly, Ireland 5 years

SKELTON, Matthew 82 Balmoral Terrace, West Hartlepool 54 years

SPENCE, Gunner Durham R.G.A., Hartlepool ?

STAUNCH, John 44 Alliance Street, West Hartlepool 41 years

STEWART, Stanley 20 William Street, Hartlepool 6 years

STOKER, Jane "Ambleside" (cook to Mr. W. Ropner), West Hartlepool 41 years

STRINGER, Alice 10 William Street, Hartlepool 12 years

SULLIVAN, Daniel Brown Street, West Hartlepool 47 years

SWALES, Matthew Hasting 21 Croft Terrace 36 years

TAYLOR, Mr. George Harland North Street, Scarborough 15 years

THEAKER, Richard 63 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 23 years

TUNMERE, William Edward Whitby 61 years

TURNER, Private L. 18th Battallion, Durham Light Infantry, Hartlepool ?

UNTHANK, Frank 24 Wood Street, Hartlepool 14 years

WAINWRIGHT, Freda 10 Henry Street, Hartlepool 19 years

WALKER, Albert 14 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 9 years

WALKER, Stanley 14 Turnbull Street, West Hartlepool 6 years

WARD, John Christopher 2 Wykeham Street, Scarborough 10 years

WATSON, Mary E. 164 Hart Road, Hartlepool 40 years

WATT, Amy Marine Crescent, Hartlepool 22 years

WHEELWRIGHT, Bewick 15 South Street, West Hartlepool 14 years

WHITECROSS, John M. 30 William Street, Hartlepool 8 years

WHITECROSS, Peter 30 William Street, Hartlepool 6 years

WILKINSON, Sarah Ann Harrison 24 Dene Street, West Hartlepool 12 years

WILLIAMS, Ivy Beaconsfield Square, Hartlepool 31 years

WOODS, Josiah 6 Harbour Terrace, West Hartlepool 36 years

WOODS, Samuel N. 18 Lumley Street, Hartlepool 19 years

WRIGHT, William 5 Crooks Street, Hartlepool 51 years

YOUNG, Bertie 7 Princes Street, Middleton, Hartlepool 13 years

Zeppelin Raid - January 19th, 1915

Name Address Age

GAZELEY, Mrs. Kings Lynn ?

GOUTE, Percy Kings Lynn 14 years

SMITH, Samuel Yarmouth 50 years

TAYLOR, Miss Martha Yarmouth 72 years

[bernardmcilwaine]

jim,you are a genius,GOT her,thanks,bernard

i owe you one jim

steve,many thanks

[Bob Coulson]

Margaret Redshaw from Hartlepool was a relation of my uncle.

Bob.

[gporta]

The following image was reproduced in the book "The German Attack on Scarborough" Edited by James Hartington Jones. It gives a good idea of how the attack on the coast went on.

In "All quiet on the Home front" by Richard Van Emden and Steve Humphries has a chapter devoted to this attack, though it concentrates mainly in Hartlepool, where the highest number of casualties occured.

Gloria

[Guest Simon Bull]

Bernard,

If you are interested in this incident I think I am right in saying (it is a while since I read the book) that Vera Brittain was caught up in the periphery of it and refers to it in "Testament of Youth".

[bernardmcilwaine]

hiya simon,i saw a name in a book that i bought,and it ref to a soldier who died in the war,it went on to say that his brother had lost a leg and his wife was killed in the bombardment at scarborough,it was one of hundreds of newspaper clippings in the book,but after all your help,i have pieced it all togethor and sent the info to the driffield local history group,thats where the above people came from,bernard

[PFF]

Where was the Royal NAvy?????

[bernardmcilwaine]

pff,you have a point there,and why bombard places that have no importance whatsoever,there was a perfectly good shipyard up the coast and another in between,they shelled towns on both sides of middlesborough and left sunderland alone as well,dont make sense,bernard

[joseph]

Bernard

We did have a small pop back at them when they attacked Hartlepool.

Meanwhile Seydlitz and Moltke manoeuvred to the NE and took up the battle against the batteries. The fall of shot of the Cemetery Battery was generally 100 to 200 metres short, but as about 0937hrs the ships turned onto the opposite course, the Heugh Battery, with rapid salvo fire, struck Seydlitz with three hits. The first struck the forecastle and wrecked several ventilation shafts and lockers. Much water poured in through the shot hole, however it was soon sealed with wood. The second shell passed through the outer mantel of the fore funnel, 2 metres above deck level, and exploded in the inner sleeve, making a hole 4 to 5 square metres in size. The third hit the ventilation shaft of the aft superstructure and searchlight cables and equipment were damaged. Several life jackets caught fire and splinters penetrated the low-pressure turbine room, however there were no casualties, only one man slightly wounded.

Moltke also received a hit that with a powerful detonation destroyed several accommodation cabins in the foreship. The Commander of this ship, Kpt.z.S. von Levetzow, immediately ordered the heavy artillerie to open fire, as observation of the impacts was considerably easier than with the medium artillerie. Soon there were several hits in the English fort. It was not long before the guns were brought to silence. According to the English version there was considerable resistance from the three English 15.2cm guns (6 inch BLMk.VII guns), one of which was near the lighthouse and two of which were in the Heugh Battery. The whirling dust thrown up by the German shells exploding amongst the houses close behind them did not hinder them, and seemingly they were only limited by the training angle of their concrete mountings. The main telephone connection was destroyed by the first German shell, and as a result of the vibrations the range finder was practically useless, therefore the gun leaders fired independently. Therefore the batteries only fired a total of 123 shells. The crew and the covering infantry (Durham Artillery Garrison and 18th Durham Light Infantry) admitted losses of 9 dead and 12 wounded even though the guns were not directly hit. Certainly from the German side shells with delayed fuses should have been used against the coastal works, and the British battery commander had no doubt that if they had, the large number of shells landing inside the battery would have caused greater destruction.

In the inner harbour basin the German fire was directed on the light cruisers Patrol and Forward and the submarine C9. When the destroyers ran out at 0630hrs they reported a heavy mist and therefore it was too dangerous for these forces to pass the bar at low water. Therefore they remained in harbour and only with the arrival of the first shells did they prepare to leave harbour. However, they were delayed because the entrance lay under continuous German battlekreuzer fire. Consequently Patrol, which was following Forward, was hit twice by heavy shells and suffered 4 dead and 7 wounded

Gary Straff Translation of the Kriegsmarine Official History

Regards Charles

[bernardmcilwaine]

many thanks charles,bernard

[Tony Lund]

Is it true that there were reports of women leaving Scarborough carrying their two most precious possessions. The baby and the Christmas cake?

At that time a woman would put a lot of effort and money into making a cake sometimes 3 months before Christmas, so it had time to mature.

The tale I heard claims that people left the town because they were expecting a German landing, I can just imagine some of the women saying, “They’re not having my cake!” and sticking it in the pram with the baby.

Tony.

[bernardmcilwaine]

tony,hope the baby went in first,i wouldnt like a lump of that cake if the babys bin sat on it,bernard

[Guest]

Where was the Royal NAvy?????

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I am not going to reply in detail, but there is a good account of the raids in Robert K Massie's Castles of Steel, which covers the war at sea and is particularly good on operations in the North Sea from August 1914 up to Jutland.

It should be easy to find in paperback in most bookshops.

[bernardmcilwaine]

many thanks angie,bernard