Charles Grant was lost at sea on this day in 1915
Charles Grant was born at Nairn, Inverness 9 August 1869 but was living in Ingleton, near Kirby Lonsdale, Yorkshire at the time of the War.
Charles was the husband of Catherine Grant (née Campbell)
He joined the Royal Navy in March 1885 on the HMS Impregnable and over the next 12 years served on various vessels including HMS Waterwitch, a survey ship.
In 1901 Charles was the First Petty Officer on the HMS Vindictive but he left the navy in August 1909.
Charles died aged 46 when his ship, the SS Membland hit a mine in the North Sea.
The Membland was lost with 'all hands', and the crew of twenty are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Ship's Steward Charles Grant, Mercantile Marine.
15 February 1915
Research by David O'Mara.
Sources: 1901 England Census, UK Royal Navy Registers of Service, UK Commonwealth War Graves 1914-1921, West Yorkshire Electoral Register 1913,