Thomas Freer Kaneen
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'Stoker. Canadian R.N. (Canadian Royal Navy). Old S.S. (Sunday School) boy. On Canadian Patrol Ship "Gallano". She is supposed to be lost with all hands on Oct. 30. 1918. He had only joined up 3 months.' Note: Lost at sea. Reputedly only Canadian ship lost in First World War according to navelmilitarymuseum.org (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 10003/8)
External sources: 19 Derby Road