Sailor – Hulse G.E. – Drowned At Sea. (picture)

April 1943

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.