posted on 2024-02-18, 21:24authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
A short newspaper cutting reporting the death of Captain James Cullen, a Hull trawler skipper, at the age of 77, with brief details of some of his achievements during the war, accompanied by a longer cutting dating from just after the end of the First World War, giving fuller details. While commanding the trawler Ben Lawes, Cullen was responsible for sinking two German submarines. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross with Bar, and a number of other decorations. Part of a collection relating to James Cullen.
History
Identifier
8349.jpg |
GWA_7457_hull0308.jpg |
Subject
Cullen, James
Date
1919 - 1933
Date Created
01/01/1933
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1933
Source
Newspaper
Medium
Paper
Type
Publication
Contributor
Meriel Patrick | Meriel Patrick | John Cullen
Submission Event
Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull Submission Day, 31st May 2008
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor