Master Thomas Richard Thompson

Ancestry tree

1883 Sep 30. born Durham

1891 census at Whickham, Gateshead, Durham, England

1901 census does not have him. I assume he was at sea.

1908 Aug 2. Married Elizabeth Ann Page.

1913 May 15 Incident

1916 Nov 11 Commissioned as Lt in RNR

1919 Aug 8 Returns to commercial shipping

1921 Jun 1. Joined ADRIC with service no 2024. Posted to Q Coy

1922 Jan. Appears to have served until demobilisation of ADRIC

1938 Jul 5. His seaman's card shows he is sailing as a 1st Mate.

1938 Aug 8. His ship is machine gunned off Spain

1940 Jan 9. His seaman's card shows he is sailing as a 1st Mate.

1945 Jul 17. OBE Gazetted. Captain Thomas Richard THOMPSON , Master , S.S.. " Blairclova " (Clydesdale Navigation Company Ltd.)

1945 Nov 10. His wife died in Whitburn

1970 Nov 7. Died Scarborough

 

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