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Stoker Hilton, Light Weight Wrestling Champion, Grand Fleet

Stoker Hilton, Light Weight Wrestling Champion, Grand Fleet
Stoker Hilton, Light Weight Wrestling Champion, Grand Fleet. Stoker Hilton who was I think was of the armoured cruiser 'Good Hope'. The 'Good Hope' was lost in the battle of Coronel on the 1st of November 1914. All 926 crew lost their lives; a stoker Thomas Hilton was amongst them....... If the other men were also crew of the Good Hope, they were also drowned.

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