Four: Engineer E. Witcomb, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary, killed when the S.S. Hunstrick was sunk by German submarine, 8 June 1917

1914-15 Star (Engr., M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Engr., M.F.A.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Ernest A. Witcomb); Memorial Plaque (Ernest Adolphus Witcomb) last in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (5) £160-200

Fifth Engineer Officer Ernest Adolphus Witcomb was killed whilst serving aboard the S.S. Hunstrick on 8 June 1917, aged 21 years. The ship, of 8,151 tons, was torpedoed and sunk without warning by a German submarine, 80 miles WNW of Cape Spartel. His was one of 15 lives lost. Born in West Ham, London; he was the son of Thomas William and Sarah Ann Witcomb of 27 Wyndham Road, Upton Park, Essex.