BORN GOOLE 16/12/1862. HE MARRIED IN OCTOBER 1878. HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH ANNE JONES AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 10, DEVON GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, AND 7, HEATHERINGTON PLACE, AIR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE HAD BEEN A MARINER SINCE A TEENAGER. SERVED A SECOND HAND ON THE TRAWLER ‘TANGIERS’. 10 DEVON GROVE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, WAS HIS NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. HE HAD JUST SPENT FIVE DAYS LEAVE AT HOME. COLLAPSED OF A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK, ON THE BEVERLEY ROAD TRAM CAR, RETURNING TO HIS SHIP. HE DIED ON 07/04/1915, AT HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, AGED 53. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 8TH APRIL 1915, AND THE HULL TIMES ON 17TH APRIL 1915.
HIS SON ERNEST LILFORD ALSO SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY DURING THE WAR.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Military Number:
600
Rank:
2nd Hand
Date Died
07/04/1915
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
53
