In Jarrow Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

S.H. Acres
Stoker 1st Class 301402
H.M.S. “Murray”
20th December 1914

Vin Mullen has provided the following:

Samson Henry Acres born at Hertford in 1879 the son of Samson and Sarah Acres (nee Somerville).

His death recorded on BMD Deaths Mar 1915. Sampson H. Acres 35. South Shields 10a 1254.

HMS Murray, an M Class destroyer, was the first ship to carry the name, built by Palmer at Jarrow. It was laid down on 4th December 1913, launched 6th August 1914 and completed in December 1914. Sold 9th May 1921 to Ward of Briton Ferry and broken up January 1923.

The Register of Seamen’s Services state he slipped overboard when returning to the ‘Murray’ on a frosty gangway.

Acknowledgements: Barney Rice

Samson Henry Acres is remembered in our List of Ships’ Crews.