Donkeyman Joseph J Wakerley
Aged 23
There is confusion here,
as he is not actually named on the Roll of Honour
| The East Anglian Record of December 1918 mentions "Joe" Wakerley, remembered as a member of the First Football XI and as being in the West Yorkshire Regiment. The Christmas 1913 issue has a J.Wakerley in Form III. No such death in the war has been found, or prisoner of war records. The only J. J. Wakerley found, in the West Yorkshire Regiment, was Joseph John, Private 53521, from Melton Mowbray, born 1899, but he was demobbed on 18th March 1919 and did not die until 1974 in Northampton. That last fact rules him out, unless the reference in the Record was not related to a war death (which would explain his absence from the Roll of Honour) Joseph Wakerley was born in Sculcoates registration district of Yorkshire (Hull ?) 1901 census..The family entered as Wheatley..Joseph aged 8 was at 4 St John's Road, Boston with his mother [31];bothers John H [10]Charles [9], Herbert [7] and James [5]; sister Mary J [5 1911 census.. Joseph [18] marine fireman, was at 2 Titchborne Terrace, Bean St., Hull, with his widowed mother Mary Jane [42] charwoman, brother Herbert [16] boiler scaler, brother James [13], sister Mary J [15] He married Amelie ENGLISH in Stepney on 2nd August 1915. There are several questions that need answering as to his history. It is not made easier by there being 2 SS Ancona, sunk by submarine but this one here is defntely the one. En route from Falmouth to Lisbon in general cargo SS Ancona that was torpedoed by U Boat UC 70 (Werner Furbringer) on 28th May 1917, 110 miles WSW of Ushant the crew of 25 and one passenger were never found. |
