South Yorkshire Times, April 3rd 1943
Drowned At Sea.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodson, of 42, Braithwell Street, Denaby Main, have been informed that A.B. G. E. Hulse, son of Mrs. Hodson and the late Mr. Aidan Hulse, has been drowned at sea on active service.
A.B. Hulse would have been 24 in May, and he had six years’ service in the Navy. He was an old boy of the Mexborough Secondary School, and worked at Denaby Colliery before enlisting. He had seen five years’service abroad
From W.R.G.C.
Able Seaman GEORGE ERNEST HULSE
Service Number: D/SSX 20659
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. Blackmore
Date of Death Died 13 March 1943
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at SIMON’S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY Naval Allotment Row D. Grave 24. South Africa
Additional Info
Son of Hannah Elizabeth Hulse, and stepson of George Hodson, of Denaby Main, Yorkshire, England.