Thomas H. Sansbury
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'Trimmer. H.M.S. King Orry. Heard of on official list Sept. 8. Some doubt. Said to have been 3rd Mate on Empress Queen & now on a merchant ship “Olive” Sept. 13. Dec. 14 A.B. (Able Bodied Seaman) on Hosp. (Hospital) Ship “Salta” G.P.O. London. Nov. 1916 on S.S. Antry of Booth Line Agents. Lisbon Portugal.' (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: 17 Hope Street