BORN CLECKHEATON, YORKS, 26/2/1872. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS HELLYER OF HULL. WELL KNOWN ON HULL FISH DOCK. ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVES AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. FELL OVERBOARD THE ARMED TRAWLER ‘VIOLA’, DURING A GALE, AND DROWNED ON THE 07/11/1914, AGED 42. HE WAS UNMARRIED. LODGED WITH MRS PHILLIPS AT 2 EASTBOURNE STREET. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 23RD NOVEMBER 1914, AND IN THE HULL TIMES ON 28TH NOVEMBER 1914, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
1386
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
07/11/1914
Place died:
Lerwick New Cemetery, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Age:
42
2 , EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
