BORN HULL 7/1/1878. SON OF THOMAS ARMITAGE & HANNAH (SELLERS), OF 60 NORWOOD STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY FOR 12 YEARS ON 17/07/1897. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES AND TATTOOED. DISCHARGED ON 20/07/1909. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, HE RE-ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 6/08/1914, AGED 36. DISCHARGED ON 7/06/1916, WITH TUBERCULOSIS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 01/05/1919 & 03/05/1917. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S NORWOOD STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
TOM
Regiment:
Military Number:
285529
Rank:
Stoker
Date Died
01/05/1917
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
38
