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Thomas Wright Royle | |||
Rank: | Gunner | Number: | 37634 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 59th Div. Ammunition Col. | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Field Artillery | ||
Died: | 03/08/1918 | Age: | 27 |
How Died: | Died at Sea | ||
Country of burial: | Lost at Sea | ||
Cemetery or Memorial: | Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton | ||
Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
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Born on the 12th June 1890, the birth being registered during the September quarter 1890 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref: 8a/172, the son of William & Alice Royle (nee Wright). 1891 Census - Son - aged: 9 months - born: Ashton upon Mersey. Head of household - William Royle - Married - aged: 34 - occ: Wine merchant's Assistant - born: Ashton upon Mersey. Also - Alice Royle - Wife - aged: 32 - born: Carrington. Plus 2 elder sisters and his paternal grandfather. 1901 Census - Buck Lane, Ashton Upon Mersey. Son - aged: 10 - born: Ashton upon Mersey. Head of household - William Royle - Married - aged: 45 - occ: Carter for a Wine & Spirit Merchant - born: Ashton upon Mersey. Also - Alice Royle - Wife - aged: 44 - born: Carrington. Plus - 2 elder sisters. His father - William Royle died in 1905, aged: 54. 1911 Census - Buck Lane, Ashton upon Mersey. Son - aged: 20 - occ: Warehouseman - born: Ashton upon Mersey. Head of household - Alice Royle - Widow - aged: 52 - born: Carrington. Plus 1 elder brother. Married - Jesse Owen during the March quarter 1914 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/320. They had one son - William Royle (b.1914). Lost at Sea aboard the HMAT Warilda. From Wikipedia:- On the 3rd August 1918, the Warilda was transporting wounded soldiers from Le Havre, France to Southampton when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-49. This was despite being marked clearly with the Red Cross. She was one of a number of hospital ships torpedoed during the war, that Germany claimed were also carrying arms. The ship sank in about two hours, and of the 801 persons on board, 123 died when the Warilda sank. The Deputy Chief Controller of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corp, Mrs Violet Long, also lost her life in this action. Her wreck lies in the English Channel. St. Martin's Memorial & Window both correctly state T.W. Royle. The Cenotaph states only T. Royle. CWGC - Son of William & Alice Royle; husband of Jessie Royle, of 58 Lyell Street, Everton, Liverpool. |
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St. Martin's (Ashton on Mersey) | St. Martin's Window (Ashton on Mersey) | ||
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