Arthur Edwin Melhuish

A Second Hand with Trawler Ivy (Lowestoft), Arthur died on 17th of December 1914 at the age of 46. 

Arthur was born at Hastings in 1868, a son of Eli Henry and Emma Melhuish. In 1871 his family lived at 8 Irchester Street, Ramsgate. By 1881 they were living at 72 Milton Road, Margate.

On 17 October 1881 Arthur began a seven year merchant navy apprenticeship with G. L. Cladingbowl of Ramsgate.

On 30 March 1890 Arthur married Hannah Riseborough at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Arthur was a fisherman living at 331 Raglan Street, and Hannah at 167 High Street. In 1901 they lived at 80 Avondale Road and Arthur had a shop as a general dealer. By 1911 they were living at 58 Edinburgh Road, Lowestoft. 

Arthur served as Second Hand on the Ivy. An eye-witness, the Skipper of the trawler Sis, saw the Ivy about 52 miles east by north of Lowestoft when an explosion was heard and the smack was enveloped in smoke. The Sis sailed to the spot, but no wreckage was found, nor any sign of the five crew. It was supposed that the Ivy had struck a mine. 

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Note: Commonwealth War Graves records incorrectly give his middle name as Edward