William
Jenkinson WATKINSON (Skipper)
b.
1868, Filey d. Tue. 28th Sep.
1915 (aged 47)
Born to Mary and
William Watkinson, he grew up in Filey marrying Mary Ellen and moving to Seadale House, Grove Terrace where they settled and had a
family. Billy was better known as
‘Butter’ (like his son who was aboard the Silverline in WWII) and had a
reputation of being a lucky skipper to put to sea with.
He had bought the
first steam powered coble in Filey, the Lord
Kitchener some years before and had lately replaced it with the Zebulon.
This steam drifter was commandeered at the beginning of the war, and
Butter and his crew were ordered to sail to the
Within two days of docking in