BORN GREENWICH, LONDON 1880. HULL FIREMAN WHO WAS ON THE FIRST VICTIMS TO BE LOST WHEN THE S/S ‘DULWICH’, WAS TORPEDOED IN THE CHANNEL, BOUND FROM HULL TO ROUEN. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22ND FEBRUARY 1915. *
NO CENSUS RECORD FOUND? HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
SS Dulwich, built by Ropner & Son, Stockton in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Britain SS. Co., Ltd. (Watts, Watts & Co.), London, was a British steamer of 3289 tons.
On February 15th, 1915, Dulwich, on a voyage from Hull to Rouen with a cargo of coal, was sunk by the German submarine U-16 (Claus Hansen), 6 miles north of Cap d’Antifer. 2 persons were lost.
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
15/02/1915
Place died:
Sea
Age:
35
