BORN GOOLE 1888. SON OF WILLIAM BIELBY & ANNIE DUFFILL, GOOLE. MARRIED GOOLE 1910. WIFE ADA (HEMMINGWAY). MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
SS Burma, built by S. P. Austin & Son, Sunderland in 1891 and owned at the time of her loss by Bennett Steamship Co. Ltd., Goole, was a British steamer of 706 tons.
On June 23rd, 1916, Burma, on a voyage from London to Goole in ballast, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-6 (Otto Ehrentraut), 15 miles east of Harwich. 7 persons were lost.
PEOPLE LOST ON BOARD SS BURMA
1. CHAMPION, ROBERT JOHN (31), Fireman, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Son of George and Sarah Jane Champion; husband of Blanch Champion (nee Coward), of 1, Johnson’s Buildings, Bridge Foot, Goole. Born at Swinefleet, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
2. DUDDING, ROBERT (63), Able Seaman, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Son of the late William and Hannah Dudding. Born at Goole, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. DUFFILL, THOMAS WILLIAM (29), Fireman, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Son of William Bellby Duffill, and Annie Duffill; husband of Ada Duffill (nee Hemmingway), of 23, Heber St., Old Goole, Yorks. Born at Goole, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
4. GILLYON, JAMES WALTER (48), Able Seaman, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Son of the late Godfrey and Ann Gillyon; husband of Sarah Gillyon, of 23, Richard Cooper St., Goole. Born at Beverley, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
5. JACKSON, HERBERT (34), Fireman, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Son of the late George and Martha Jackson; husband of Maria Jackson (nee Sutcliff), of 7, North St., Goole, Yorks. Born at Goole, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. SHAY, JOHN (48), Chief Engineer, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Son of Eliza Hunter Shay and the late James C. Shay; husband of Jane Shay (nee Smith), of 15, Broadway, Goole. Born at Goole, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
7. TURNER, ALBERT LEVY (36), Able Seaman, SS Burma, Mercantile Marine, †23/06/1916, Born at York, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Duffill, Tom William
First name:
TOM WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
23/05/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
29
