Scarborough through the First World War remembered
Name: Charles Lancaster
Rank: Private
Service Number: 79759
Died: 03/05/1917
Aged: 52
Regiment/service: 31st Bn Canadian Infantry
Grave reference: Vimy Memorial
Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Lancaster, of 8, St Martin’s Square, Scarborough.
Not commemorated on the Scarborough Memorial
Image: © IWM (HU 123803)
Name: Alfred Hector Littlewood
Rank: Deck Hand
Date of Death: 23/02/1920
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine Steam Fishing Vessel “Strathord” (Scarborough)
Commemorated on: Tower Hill Memorial
Additional Information: son of James and Annie Littlewood; husband of Gladys May Littlewood (née Bennett), of 5 Long Greece Steps, Scarborough. Born at Scarborough.
Strathord was a 195 GRT steam fishing vessel completed in 1906 by Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. for Aberdeen Steam Trawling And Fishing Co. From 1920 she was owned by Raincliffe Steam Trawling Co. and registered at Scarborough. On 23 February 1920 she was seen to be blown up by a mine by the crew of another fishing vessel.
There were no survivors.