Ref ID: 5167
Name
Thomas Henry Sefton.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Stoker 1st Class Thomas Henry Sefton.
Life Story
Name: Thomas Henry Sefton.
Service Number: SS/103314.
Rank: Stoker 1st Class.
Battalion: H.M.S Hawke.
Regiment: Royal Navy.
Born: 29th April, 1888, Belfast.
Died: 15th October 1914.
Address: 20 Kendal Street, Belfast
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Thomas Henry Sefton, son of William Henry and Elizabeth Jane Sefton, lived at 20 Kendal Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
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The 1901 Ireland Census has Thomas living at 17 Lortoy Street, Woodvale, Belfast with his mother, mother, occupation, Machineman In Engine Works, four sisters, Eliza Jane, 14 years, Flax Spinner, Margaret Anne, 10 years, Mary Catherin, 6 years, Wilhelmina, 3 years, and brother William James, 1 year
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The 1911 Ireland Census has Thomas family now living at 6 Cosby Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
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Thomas Henry Sefton signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day, within Belfast City Hall
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Thomas joined the Royal Navy on the 31st July 1906.
He served on a number of ships throughout his career, including the following: HMS Acheron, HMS Attentive, HMS Pathfinder, HMS Pembroke II, HMS Africa, before ending on HMS Hawke.
Thomas was transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserves on the 31st July 1911, however he was recalled for service on the 5th August 1914.
Thomas, aged 26 years, was a Stoker 1st Class within the Royal Navy when while serving aboard HMS Hawke he Drowned, Died At Sea, his ship having been attacked and sunk by a German Submarine, U 9, in the North Sea on the 15th of October 1914
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Thomas Pension Application Form shows his father William as claimant, and his address at this time as 2 Maria Place, Belfast.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his mother as claimant, and living at 42 Fifth Street, Shankill Road at the time of applying
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Thomas received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
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He is Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, United Kingdom.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Photograph, , Newspaper - Belfast Telegraph
