Ernest George Flowers

A Third Hand, Ernest died on 21st May 1947 at the age of 43.

Ernest was born at Kirkley on 19th March 1904, a son of William and Mary Ann Flowers. He, along with his siblings, was baptised at Saint Peters Church, Kirkley, on 18th January 1907. 

In 1911 his family were living at 12 Saint Georges Road, Kirkley.

Ernest married Edith Elizabeth Chapman in 1939 and they lived at 73 Pakefield Street, Lowestoft.

In 1947 Ernest was the Third Hand on the Trawler Bucentaur. On 21st May 1947 the Bucentaur was involved with a collision with the American merchant/troopship Wilson Victory, sailing from Bremerhaven (for details see Wood v. United States, 125 F. Supp. 42 (S.D.N.Y. 1954) :: Justia ).

The Bucentaur was lost with all hands.   

Ernest's brother William was killed in 1941 and his nephew Ivan was killed in action in 1944.