SKELTON - IN - CLEVELAND
IN HISTORY

"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Steward ROBERT E SCUFFHAM.

Merchant Navy

Died on the 17th April 1917.

Born Marske by Sea, N Yorks.

Son of Samuel and Eliza Scuffham of 49 Harker St, Skelton in Cleveland, North Yorkshire.


The Tower Hill Naval Memorial, London.

FAMILY:-
1901. Robert is living at 49 Harker Street, Skelton Green, N Yorks and had been born in Marske by Sea, N Yorks.
His father, Samuel, aged 49, worked as an Ironstone miner below ground. He had been born in Lincolnshire.
His mother, Eliza, aged 44, was born in Stanghow, N Yorks. By 1911 she has had 8 children and only 5 are still living.
He had a younger brother, Bernard Samuel, aged 4, born in Skelton.
His two sisters were Hilda age 15 and Edith age 9, born in Skelton.
Young Bernard Samuel was killed, aged 20, near Kemmel, on the 8th June 1917 near Arras while fighting with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. See separate entry.
WAR SITUATION:-
Robert E Scuffham was a Steward on the SS Charles Goodanew, which was carrying Admiralty cargo from Aberdeen to Scapa Flow when it hit a German mine from Submarine UC-45.
13 men were lost, including Robert.
MEMORIAL:-
The First World War section of the Tower Hill Memorial, London, commemorates almost 12,000 Mercantile Marine casualties who have no grave but the sea.
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