BORN HULL 27/09/1879. SON OF ROBERT DALES & REBECCA BAINTON. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. LIVING AT 10 WHITBY GROVE, LIVERPOOL ST. MARRIED IN 1903. WIFE EMILY MARIA HAME AND CHILDREN JOHN ROBERT AND GLADYS, LIVED ABOVE. FISHERMAN. KILLED BY A MINE EXPLOSION OF THE COAST OF HAVRE ON 11TH APRIL 1917, AGED 38. HIS ADDRESS IS LISTED IN CWGC NAVAL RECORDS. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT CHATHAM TOWER HILL MEMORIAL.
Amy HMT was a former fishing vessel hired by the admiralty as a minesweeper. On the 11th April 1917 she was mined and sunk off Le Harve. The following Nine crew were lost.
1. BLACK, GEORGE MCKENZIE (45), Engineman (no. 1231ES), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Husband of the late Elizabeth Black; father of Agnes Black, of 19, Chronicle Lane, Aberdeen. Native of Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
2. BOWLES, JAMES ROBERT (21), Second Hand (no. 2372DA), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Son of William and Jane Rebecca Bowles, of 149, Blackfriars Rd., Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. DALES, THOMAS (38), Skipper, HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Son of Robert and Rebecca Dales, of Hull; husband of Emily M. Dales, of 4, Hereford St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. HARE, THOMAS (40), Deck Hand (no. 691DA), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Husband of Elizabeth Hare, of 12, James St., Neyland Pembrokeshire. Native of Dover, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
5. HARRIS, WILLIAM TOWNS (37), Engineman (no. 5054ES), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Husband of Mrs. A. E. Harris, of 113, James St., Gillingham, Kent, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
6. HAYES, JAMES (55), Deck Hand (no. 250SD), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Son of John Hayes; husband of Mary Hayes, of Newmans Mall, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
7. SNELL, CONDOR , Deck Boy (no. 359SBD), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
8. SPINK, ARTHUR JAMES , Deck Hand (no. 7693DA), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
9. STRATFORD, JACOB (37), Trimmer (no. 5201TS), HMT Amy, Royal Naval Reserve, †11/04/1917, Foster son of Mrs. E. Rose, of 59, Raglan St. Lowestoft. Native of London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
Dales, Thomas
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Rank:
Ship Skipper
Date Died
11/04/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
38
