Tom Ormerod

Able Seaman Mersey/Z/1722
S.S. Kingsdyke

Tom was the son of Thomas Henry and Sarah Anne Ormerod, of Colne, Lancashire. His ancestry can be traced back to Henry Ormerod, of Pendle Forest and Waterside, Colne, and his wife Betty, who lived in the latter half of the Eighteenth Century.

At the time of the 1901 Census, Tom was living with his parents and siblings at 1 Portland St, Colne. Their details are recorded as follows.

Tom died on 17 January 1918, aged 20, and has no known grave.

His name is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial (Ref. 29), and also on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register does not record the fact that Tom is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

S.S. Kingsdyke was constructed in 1888, and was originally called Orestes.

She was taken over by J.R. Ellerman with the Westcott & Laurence Line in 1901, and in 1907 was sold to Kingsdyke S.S. Co., Glasgow, at which time she was renamed.

	The Tower Hill Memorial, London
	The First World War section of the Tower Hill Memorial, London
	Tom Ormerod, of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London
	The Plymouth Naval Memorial
	Tom Ormerod commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Memorial