Edward Thomas – West – Great Eastern Railway – Seaman Gunner – 11/01/1918
Title
Edward Thomas – West – Great Eastern Railway – Seaman Gunner – 11/01/1918
Initials / forenames
Edward Thomas
Surname
West
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Military rank
Seaman Gunner
Military number
644
Railway department
Stratford Market, Printing Works
Railway job
Cropper Hand
Date died
11/01/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, May 1918, p103
Memorial
Chatham Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 23, the son of Mrs Frederick West of 81 Arthingworth St, West Ham, London, and the late Frederick West. Worked for the GER for three and a half years Enlisted in the Royal Naval Division in October 1914 and served in the Gallipoli campaign and at Jutland. His ship missing since 11 January, the crew presumed dead.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
15/08/2016
Last updated
15/08/2016
Citation
“Edward Thomas – West – Great Eastern Railway – Seaman Gunner – 11/01/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/43154.