Malrine, Thomas Joseph

Name on Memorial: MALRINE, THOMAS JOSEPH

Name: Thomas Joseph Mulrine
Age: 21
Service No: Clyde Z/8260
Rank: Signalman
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Mechanician
Awards: n/a
Died: 20/01/1918
Theatre of Death: English Channel (torpedoed)
Cause of Death: Drowned/killed
Cemetery / Memorial: BO’NESS CEMETERY
Grave / Panel Ref F. 2008
Additional Information: Son of James and Mary Ann Mulrine, of 80, Van Siclen Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Educated at Bo’ness Academy and St. Mungo’s Academy, Glasgow. Born at Bo’ness.

H.M.S. Mechanician was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of St. Catherine’s Point, Isle of Wight by SM UB-35 (Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.