Another sailor to die at sea, Mark died in more certain circumstances than John Oxtoby.  Having lived in Filey at 3, Chapel Street for many years with his wife Alice, Mark had practised his trade of fishing throughout his time there, and at the outbreak of war found himself serving on a vessel being commandeered by the Mercantile Navy, a trawler called the Susie. 

They were mainly on patrol around the East Coast for mines, but a German U-boat also patrolling in the area attacked one day.  The Susie was boarded, and the vessel primed with explosives in order to sink it, but whilst this was happening Mark made a movement towards the cabin from his place on deck.  The German submariners thought this was in order to reach for a gun, and shot him at point blank range in the head.  The trawler was sunk with Mark’s body still on board, and the crew set adrift, who were later picked up by another trawler and returned to Filey to recount the story of Mark’s death.  Like John Oxtoby, he is remembered on Tower Hill Memorial in London for all the Mercantile Marines who were lost at sea.