Family of Algernon SMITH and Matilda SHAW

Husband: Algernon SMITH (1864-1915)
Wife: Matilda SHAW (1873-1951)
Children: Joseph Cecil Wentworth SMITH (1904-1940)
Marriage Q2 1898 Ecclesall Bierlow Registration District, Yorkshire West Riding, England1

Husband: Algernon SMITH

Name: Algernon SMITH
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1864 Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Occupation 1911 (age 46-47) Fitter, Steel works.; Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death 1915 (age 50-51) Yorkshire West Riding, England

Wife: Matilda SHAW

Name: Matilda SHAW
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1873 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Death 1951 (age 77-78) Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Child 1: Joseph Cecil Wentworth SMITH

Name: Joseph Cecil Wentworth SMITH
Sex: Male
Spouse: Nancy Doreen TREMBATH (1912-1992)
Birth 12 Jun 1904 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Occupation 1918 (age 13-14) Cooks Boy, Merchant Navy
Occupation 1921 (age 16-17) clerk; Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Occupation 1921 (age 16-17) Sailor
He joined the RN in 1921 and served first as a Boy. He didnt appear to serve in any posting for long.
Occupation Able Seaman, Royal Fleet Reserve
Occupation 1934 (age 29-30) Canvasser, newspaper; Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
86 Cross Lane
Residence 1940 (age 35-36) Horrabridge, Devon, England
3 South View
Death 29 Sep 1940 (age 36) At sea
Cause: Mined off Falmouth
Address: HMY Sappho
HMS Sappho
Armed Yacht - Guardship – Contraband Control Sunk by bombs or a mine with the loss of 32 of her crew. British armed steam yacht HMY Sappho and minesweeping trawler HMT Comet were sunk by German mines laid by destroyers Eckholdt, Riedel, Lody, Galster, Ihn, and Steinbrinck on 28 Sep off Falmouth in southwestern England.

Remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial
Probate 14 Jan 1941 Llandudno, Wales
3 South View, Horrabridge, Devonshire
Administration granted to Nancy Doreen Smith. Effects valued at £179 7s 7d

Sources

1Free BMD Marriage. Eccleshall Bierlow Vol 9c Page 646. Cit. Date: Q2 1898.