Burton upon Stather Heritage Group
History Calendar
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January
-
1st of January
Thomas Parker of ketch Severn drowned.
1894 -
3rd of January
Barque Burton Stather was launched.
1866 -
7th of January
Collision between Cornflower and Vigilant. Ketch James Smith lost.
1893, 1897 -
8th of January
Schooner Gem lost. The sloop Providence was launched.
1867, 1890 -
9th of January
P H Jones 4th hand of ketch Romantic drowned.
1890 -
11th of January
The dandy Martha was launched.
1867 -
12th of January
Albert Brooks 3rd hand on Ketch Lena drowned.
1885 -
16th of January
BSHG recover windpump from the brick pits.
2011 -
17th of January
Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Bush died.
1917 -
20th of January
John Wray, shipbuilder died aged 88.
1884 -
21st of January
Ketch Lena lost in fire.
1904 -
24th of January
James Thomas Cockroberts, skipper and George Watson, 4th Hand apprentice of ketch Vigilant drowned.
1894 -
25th of January
Barque Lizzy went missing. Brigantine Sarah King lost.
1872, 1873 -
27th of January
Schooner Peace lost. Ketch Diamond stranded at Withernsea in thick fog.
1883, 1896 -
28th of January
Barque Lizzy was launched.
1868 -
29th of January
Schooner Hind sunk. Thomas William Hood of the ketch Diamond fell into the Humber, died 3 days later.
1895, 1896 -
30th of January
BSHG recover gearhead of windpump from the brick pits.
2011
February
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1st of February
James Ellis, cook on ketch Active was washed overboard and drowned.
1886 -
2nd of February
Brig Eleventh Lancashire lost.
1880 -
3rd of February
The keel Corn Packet was launched.
1858 -
6th of February
Brigantine Harriet Williams collided with and sank smack Myrtle of Lowestoft. Private Walter Boreham died.
1880, 1917 -
7th of February
Ketch Vigilant in collision with smack Cornflower. Ketch R Passmore stranded on rocks at Crail Harbour.
1893, 1913 -
8th of February
Keel Charlotte was launched. Sergeant Leon Zygmunt Witkowski was born.
1856, 1915 -
9th of February
Schooner Bessie Mitchell lost. Dandy British Workman lost.
1870, 1889 -
12th of February
Ketch Speratus lost.
1896 -
13th of February
Schooner Leveret in collision with the Cresent of London 1871. Ketch Burton Launched. Schooner Hind collided with ST Lord Lyons.
1871, 1873, 1888 -
15th of February
Brig Eleventh Lancashire was launched.
1865 -
19th of February
Major General Sir Percy Hobart died.
1957 -
20th of February
Gunpowder explosion on brig Phoenix on the Stather. The ketch Harvest Moon was launched.
1777, 1886 -
21st of February
The ketch Daring was launched.
1878 -
24th of February
Peter Hughes was murdered by Edward Wheatfill on board ketch Gleaner.
1882 -
25th of February
Schooner Agnes Porter missing. Lance Corporal William Henry Hagues died.
1875, 1917 -
28th of February
John Wray & Son adjudged bankrupt. 43 foot whale found in the Trent at Burton. Brigantine Harriet Williams sunk.
1868, 1901, 1917
March
-
1st of March
George Cant lost from the ketch Burton. Rifleman Walter Alfred Payne died. St Davids
1886, 1917 -
2nd of March
Ketch Ethel lost.
1895 -
4th of March
Albert Roberts of the smack Vigilant washed overboard. Warrant Officer James Douglas Ronald Pugsley died.
1881, 1945 -
6th of March
Dandy Emu, smack Burton Stather, ketches North Sea, Bernice, Harrier lost in storm. Keel Clara launched.
1883, 1889 -
7th of March
Schooner William Maskill stranded near Swanage.
1889 -
8th of March
Schooner Oxford Eight launched.
1870 -
12th of March
William Fern Deckhand on ketch Diamond drowned. Ketch Lena launched.
1882, 1883 -
14th of March
The Keel Amelia Jane was launched.
1891 -
15th of March
Ketch Diamond collides with and sinks Valliant, same day Ketch Premier stranded at Sandlemere. BBC filming on the Tank Ramp.
1888, 2012 -
19th of March
Sloop George launched. William Sullivan and George Allen 2nd and 3rd hands of ketch Vigilant drowned.
1862, 1890 -
20th of March
Ketch Dekar stranded near Berwick.
1889 -
22nd of March
The ketch Adeline was lost.
1882 -
23rd of March
Duplex Drive tanks cross the Rhine in Operation Plunder.
1945 -
24th of March
Duplex Drive tanks cross the Rhine in Operation Plunder.
1945 -
26th of March
Schooner Morecambe Belle was launched.
1864 -
27th of March
Major George Herbert Stampe died.
1918 -
28th of March
Schooner Star of The Sea launched.
1861 -
29th of March
Wrays sawmill on fire.
1863 -
30th of March
Barque Verulam launched.
1865
April
-
1st of April
Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Bush was born.
1892 -
3rd of April
The ketch R Passmore was hit by the SS Vesta at Leith, while carrying explosives.
1908 -
7th of April
Schooner Young Dick sailed out of Brisbane for the Solomons on what would be her penultimate and most notorious voyage.
1886 -
10th of April
Thomas Pelling, flying man, fell at Pocklington. Samuel Booth, apprentice on ketch Spero Expecto drowned.
1733, 1880 -
11th of April
Private Arthur Leslie Freear died.
1945 -
18th of April
Private Walter Horne died.
1945 -
22nd of April
Private James Henry Andrew died.
1918 -
23rd of April
Ketches Conflict and Daring both lost in collision with each other.
1878 -
24th of April
DD Tanks cross the Po River in Italy.
1945 -
25th of April
Brig Squire was launched.
1864 -
26th of April
The keel Georges was launched. Leon Witkowski married Dulcie Readhead at the Holy Souls Catholic church.
1879, 1943 -
28th of April
DD Tanks cross the River Adige in Italy.
1945 -
29th of April
Humber sloop Rose In June sets sail from Hull on an extra long voyage to London via Yarmouth. DD Tanks cross River Elbe, Altenburg, in Operation Enterprise.
1893, 1945 -
30th of April
Sir Anthony Musgrave sailed on the Burton Stather. Private Dan Murgatroyd died.
1873, 1918
May
-
2nd of May
Schooner Summer Cloud lost.
1885 -
5th of May
Schooner Oxford Eight lost.
1898 -
6th of May
Brig Silvery Wave launched. The smack Rescue was launched.
1863, 1880 -
8th of May
Sloop Eliza sank. VE Day.
1871, 1945 -
9th of May
Lance Corporal William Henry Hagues was born.
1891 -
11th of May
Schooner Commerce was launched. Dandy British Workman launched.
1819, 1867 -
16th of May
Schooner Florence Muspratt struck rocks in the Sound of Islay. William Henry Higgins deck hand of the ketch Arthur, drowned.
1877, 1895 -
18th of May
Sloop John And Elizabeth launched for J Pickering and Son of Crowle. Frank Hornby, deck hand on ketch Swift drowned.
1885, 1893 -
20th of May
Massacre on the schooner Young Dick.
1886 -
21st of May
Boy 1st Class Albert Waddingham was born. Sloop Rose in June sank. First trials of the DD Valentine Tank.
1900, 1901, 1942 -
22nd of May
The keel Ellen Frances was launched.
1861 -
23rd of May
Captain Godfrey Frank Mackwood Ling died.
1918 -
24th of May
Brig Doctor was launched.
1864 -
27th of May
Humber sloop Rose In June returns to Hull from an extra long voyage to London via Yarmouth and Ipswich.
1893 -
28th of May
Smack St. George was launched. BSHG First ever meeting.
1868, 2009 -
29th of May
The smack Fortitude was launched.
1884 -
31st of May
Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Bush mentioned in Dispatches. Boy 1st Class Albert Waddingham died.
1915, 1916
June
-
1st of June
Nypro disaster.
1974 -
3rd of June
The Burton Stather Fishing Company Ltd voluntarily wound up. Nicholas Straussler died.
1893, 1966 -
5th of June
William Wray died.
1871 -
6th of June
D-Day landings in Normandy, involving DD Tanks.
1944 -
7th of June
Ketch Beatrice Mabel assisted schooner Michael off Spurn. Flying Officer Gordon Smith RAFVR crashes Miles Martinet MS870 on the hillside.
1895, 1944 -
8th of June
The ketch Knight of the Garter was launched.
1886 -
9th of June
Sir Anthony Musgrave arrives in Adelaide on the Burton Stather.
1873 -
14th of June
Major General Sir Percy Hobart was born.
1885 -
16th of June
The schooner Deborah lost.
1875 -
18th of June
Brigantine Harriet Williams saves crew of the Schooner Paulus and Hernts.
1880 -
19th of June
The steam packet New British Queen launched. Schooner Knysna Belle lost.
1818, 1876 -
21st of June
The Barque Verulam went ashore at Shanghai.
1873 -
22nd of June
Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Bush mentioned in Dispatches.
1915 -
28th of June
Schooner Young Dick was launched. Pride of the Ocean wrecked.
1869, 1971 -
29th of June
The keel Parkins was launched.
1886 -
30th of June
Stoker 1st Class William Oliver Smith was born.
1882
July
-
2nd of July
Richard Smith, Fireman of ketch Vigilant drowned.
1888 -
4th of July
Able Seaman Richard John Ray Mann died.
1940 -
5th of July
Halifax bomber DG414 crashes on Alkborough Flats.
1944 -
7th of July
The keel James and William was launched. Second Lieutenant Cyril Ivor Bray died. Corporal John Frederick Spencer Bell died.
1865, 1918, 1944 -
8th of July
Ketches Hare and Harrier were launched. Thomas William Betts third hand on ketch King Fisher drowned. Private Frederick Arthur Rimes died.
1871, 1884, 1944 -
10th of July
Ketch Dasher launched.
1883 -
11th of July
Alfred Francis, 4th hand on ketch Bacchante, drowned. Ketch Lincolnshire Lass lost. Lance Corporal Alfred Stanley Bowers died.
1894, 1896, 1918 -
13th of July
Fred Bray died.
1916 -
15th of July
Schooner Young Dick went missing.
1886 -
16th of July
Smack Burton Stather was launched.
1866 -
18th of July
Thomas Howchin, Charles Cummins and William Morley, stole rope and sails from the ketch Speratus, to sell to coopers for grog.
1884 -
21st of July
Barque Burton Stather went missing.
1876 -
22nd of July
The keel Beaumont was launched. Schooner Young Dick goes on first recruiting voyage.
1861, 1884 -
24th of July
Schooner WMJ delivers rail to Briton Ferry.
1876 -
30th of July
Charles Bryant on the ketch Speratus fell off the sail and later died. The ketch Zuriel lost in fire at sea.
1879, 1889 -
31st of July
Private George Thomas Freear died.
1917
August
-
1st of August
Brig Silvery Wave leaves London on her first working voyage. Sailing to Natal with passengers and general cargo.
1863 -
4th of August
Keel Rose in June and Brigantine Harriet Williams were launched.
1866 -
7th of August
First ever BSHG WWII Day.
2011 -
8th of August
Barque Sea King went missing.
1883 -
12th of August
Schooner Bessie Mitchell launched.
1869 -
15th of August
DD Tanks used in Operation Dragoon in Southern France.
1944 -
18th of August
Schooner Emma was launched.
1863 -
22nd of August
Schooner H. E. was launched.
1865 -
24th of August
Lawrence Hargrave sailed on the Burton Stather on one of his expeditions to New Guinea.
1874 -
26th of August
Private William Sleight died. Sergeant Leon Zygmunt Witkowski died.
1914, 1944 -
30th of August
Ketch Constania was launched. Schooner Annie & Rosetta lost.
1855, 1878 -
31st of August
John Walsh, cook on the ketch Diamond drowned.
1895
September
-
1st of September
Thomas Fowler was born in Burton upon Stather. Fishing smacks William Wray and Active were launched.
1832, 1870 -
2nd of September
Thomas Lamb deck hand on Ketch Lena drowned.
1890 -
3rd of September
Gunner Edwin Bray died. Flying Officer Gordon H Young died.
1917, 1943 -
4th of September
The schooner Young dick in collision with barque Jane Spiers in Cooks Straits.
1875 -
5th of September
Stoker 1st Class William Oliver Smith died. Schooner Florence Muspratt sunk.
1914, 1917 -
6th of September
The ketch Pilot was launched. Private Frank Coulthurst died.
1883, 1916 -
8th of September
The keel William and Mary was launched.
1862 -
9th of September
John Porteous born.
1923 -
11th of September
Lawrence Hargrave lands at Somerset, Queensland on the barque Burton Stather.
1874 -
12th of September
James Drew 4th hand on ketch Diamond drowned.
1888 -
14th of September
The sloop Staffordshire was launched.
1864 -
16th of September
Second hand of the ketch Speratus was lost on a foreign schooner they were towing.
1879 -
17th of September
Brig Doctor de-masted. Schooner Star of the Sea lost. Ketch Bonnie Lass Lost.
1869, 1878, 1884 -
18th of September
The Brig Silvery Wave crosses the equator for the first time on her maiden working voyage from London to Natal.
1863 -
19th of September
Sloop Dora lost.
1935 -
21st of September
Ketch R Passmore was towed in to Fishguard.
1924 -
26th of September
Sergeant Thomas Neal Wood died.
1915 -
27th of September
Barque Sea King was launched.
1866 -
30th of September
The schooner Mystery lost.
1871
October
-
1st of October
Ketches Romantic and King Fisher collided in the North Sea.
1884 -
3rd of October
The fishing smack Arthur foundered. Private Harold Young Shaw died.
1895, 1918 -
4th of October
Thomas Owen fell overboard from the schooner Summer Cloud and drowned.
1881 -
6th of October
Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Bush wounded at Loos. Frederick Stow died.
1915, 1918 -
11th of October
Captain Temple Coulthurst died.
1918 -
12th of October
James Barwick skipper of ketch Gregory, lost at sea.
1888 -
13th of October
Schooner Emma lost. Private William Wynne died.
1880, 1915 -
17th of October
The schooner Leveret lost in North Sea.
1884 -
18th of October
Schooner Starling lost.
1889 -
20th of October
Brig Squire lost.
1873 -
21st of October
The keel Dora was launched.
1862 -
23rd of October
Ketch T. W. Ashton went missing.
1909 -
24th of October
The sloop Seven Stars was launched. Gunner George Reed died.
1867, 1918 -
26th of October
DD Tanks used in Battle of Scheldt, Zeeland.
1944 -
27th of October
Richard Ganell 3rd hand on Lena lost. Joseph Williamson 2nd Hand and John William Balls 3rd Hand of the ketch Arthur, drowned.
1884, 1886 -
28th of October
Brig Silvey Wave arrives in Natal for the first time.
1863 -
29th of October
John Davis, 3rd hand on ketch Eliza lost overboard. Private Horace Walker died. The new Burton WMC building opened.
1882, 1914, 1976
November
-
1st of November
Ketch Premier collided with and sank Lady Elizabeth of Hull.
1885 -
2nd of November
Schooner Agnes Porter was launched.
1864 -
4th of November
Keel Endeavour was launched. Sloop Alkborough was launched.
1839, 1861 -
5th of November
The dandy Golden Gleam was launched. Private Robert Gardiner died.
1868, 1916 -
7th of November
Schooner W. M. J. lost.
1890 -
8th of November
The Schooner Summer Cloud de-masted in the North Sea.
1863 -
9th of November
Private Thomas John Brumby died.
1914 -
11th of November
Armistice Day. John Porteous died. New War Memorial.
1918, 2013, 2014 -
16th of November
Sloop Walcot was launched.
1865 -
18th of November
The keel Florence was launched. Ketch Equity lost.
1875, 1893 -
20th of November
On this day Private Cyril Sheldon Allen Died.
1917 -
21st of November
The keel George and Lois was launched.
1873 -
22nd of November
The ketch Constantia lost in North Sea. Gunner Charles Wilson died. BSHG erects flagpole on the Tank Ramp.
1873, 1916, 2009 -
25th of November
Ketch James Smith launched.
1886 -
26th of November
Sergeant Arthur Cowling died. Tank Ramp excavations begin.
1940, 2009 -
28th of November
Private George H Hunter died.
1915 -
29th of November
Schooner Hind collided with tug Helen.
1893 -
30th of November
Barque Lizzy leaves Barrow for the last time for New York, and never arrives.
1871
December
-
7th of December
Barque Verulam lost.
1874 -
8th of December
Schooner Ann Mitchell lost.
1886 -
10th of December
Crew of the smack Lena, rescued the crew of the SS Tyne Queen from the North Sea. Leonard E Whiting skipper of ketch Uranus drowned. Same day Philip James Brown of the Harriet Williams drowned.
1887, 1891 -
12th of December
Alfred Gurney fourth hand on ketch Active was drowned.
1883 -
18th of December
Henry Fry, 3rd hand on Ketch Lena drowned.
1892 -
19th of December
Henry Melvin deckhand, Walter Leaming deckhand and David Gomersall apprentice of ketch North Sea drowned.
1880 -
22nd of December
Ketch Ruby sank in the Humber near Hull. Brig Doctor and ketches Vigilant and Romantic were lost.
1884, 1894 -
30th of December
Major Walter Ernest Peacock died.
1942