HINDLEY, Robert Muir (of Newark)
A Q-ship attacking a U boat
WW1 Cigarette card
Royal Naval Reserve
HMS Cullist
Died 11 Feb 1918 aged 33
Buried NKG Portsmouth Naval Memorial (Grave Ref No. 30)
Newark Advertiser 20 Feb 1918
Newark Advertiser 24 April 1918
Son of Mr & Mrs Richard E Hindley, Victoria Street, Newark. Husband of Jessie Louisa Hindley, 55 Lime Grove, Newark. An old Magnus boy, he entered Messrs. Peacock & Wilsons (now Lloyds) Bank and later took up employment in Nottingham and Newark.
He was secretary of the Old Magnusians’ football club for some years and an exceptable(?) cricketer. Playing with Newark Reserve and more recently Farndon CC for whom he bowled very successfully for several seasons. Also a prominent member of Newark Rowing Club.
He joined the Navy in 1915, obtaining an appointment as an assistant-paymaster and was for two years on yacht patrol. Later he was on a battleship with the Grand Fleet, but applied for special services. While his new ship was refitting in December he came home on leave. Leaves a widow and four young children. His brother 2nd/Lt R.B. Hindley MGC has recently returned from France with trench fever.
NB HMS Cullist was a 'Q-ship', a merchantman equipped with hidden guns. Also operated as ‘Jurassic’ and ‘Westphalia’. Sunk by U97 off Drogheda with the loss of 41 lives.
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