Edward Thomas – West – Great Eastern Railway – Seaman Gunner – 11/01/1918

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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.