Thompson Skillicorn
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'Fireman. H.M.S. Ramsey. Barrack Street Class & Club. Was in I.O.M. Vol. (Isle of Man Volunteers) before War. Joined H.M.S. Ramsey after March. Aug. 10. so says his mother. Aug. 11 I.O.M. Times says not on board. Reported dead Aug. 13. Ship torpedoed Aug. 8. Unmarried.' Note: Mercantile Marine Reserve. Died at Sea, 8 August 1915 according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/13)
External sources: 22 Barrack Street
Name Variant: Thompson Skillicorn