Son of the late Benjamin Francis and Margaret Topin Francis, of Rothesay; husband of Jessie Taylor Francis, of 131 Sinclair Rd., Torry, Aberdeen No reference to Greenock

SNWM has a Hugh Francis 804 E.S. as an engineer on HM Trawler Nellie Nutten died 11/07/1916 aged 51 HMT Nellie Nutten ( Royal Navy): World War I: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen (57°06′N 0°58′E / 57.100°N 0.967°E /