BORN LEEDS 17/07/1880. WIFE EVANGELINE (HALSTEAD) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF ELIZABETH ANNIE BAKER – MIDDLESBOROUGH. SERVED AS A DECK HAND ON THE TRAWLER, ‘CITY OF DUNDEE’. DROWNED THROUGH A COLLISON OFF FOLKESTONE, ON 14/09/1915, AGED 35. SEVEN CREW WERE LOST.
PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ‘CITY OF DUNDEE’
1. BAKER, THOMAS (35), Deck Hand (no. 1798/DA), H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Annie Baker, of Middlesbrough; Husband of Evangeline Baker, of 21, Flinton Street, Hessle Road, Hull, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
2. CLAY, JOSEPH (37), Deck Hand (no. 1641DA), H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Husband of E. A. Clay, of 3, Candon Terrace, North Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. FREEMAN, CHARLES EDWARD (41), Second Hand (no. 491SA), H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Husband of Harriet Freeman, of 60, Blackwall Reach, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
4. HILL, WILLIAM EDWARD (32), Trimmer (no. 3304TS), H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Son of Hannah Hill, of 35, Caroline Place, Hull; husband of Elizabeth Hill, of 81, Lime St., Groves, Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
5. HOWE, ARTHUR EDWARD , Engineman (no. 919ES), H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
6. MAY, THOMAS , Deck Hand (no. 1700DA), H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
7. SUTTON, ERNEST ARTHUR (22), Warrant Telegraphist, H.M. Trawler City of Dundee, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/09/1915, Son of Albert Edward and Mary Louisa Sutton, of 16, Upper Bridge Rd., Redhill, Surrey. Native of Great Marlow, Bucks, Memorial: Great Marlow (All Saints) Churchyard.
Baker, Thomas
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
1798
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
14/09/1915
Place died:
Sea
Age:
35