Trimmer John Edward Pullin

Son of James Pullin and Mary Pople from Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Husband of Emily Tubey of II, Western Square, Hotwells, Bristol, England. Father of Grace Emily, John Edward, James Henry, Edward, Herbert Thomas, Lillian, Thomas Henry and Irene Nora Pullin. Brother of Private James Henry Pullin, regimental numbers 4874, 156749, 13490, Machine Gun Corps and Army Ordnance Corps, Canadian Army. He fought during the First World War and survived.

Requisitioned by the British Admiralty, SS Royal Edward became HMT Royal Edward and was converted into a troop transport. While en route to Gallipoli, Turkey, with about 1,335 British troops, she was torpedoed by UB-14 6 miles (9.5 km) west of the Aegean Island of Kandeloussa and sank with 866 men, position 36°31'N/25°51'E.