Thomas Evan KNIBBS

1886-1958

Thomas was born in Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Sailor at 16 years of age in 1902. His final ship before leaving the navy was HMS Erebus, a Monitor Warship. The Erebus took part in the British Invasion of Russia in 1919 providing gunfire support in the White Sea and the Baltic Sea.

In 1921, after leaving the Royal Navy, Thomas signed up for service the Merchant Navy and served some time on SS Herschel, a passenger Cargo vessel sailing out of Liverpool.

Photo from 1921, aged about 35.


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