Rev. David Youngson has submitted the following:
Thomas STORM
Mercantile Marine Master SS Prunelle
He was the son of Rueben and Mary Storm of Sandsend, Whitby. A Mariner, he was Initiated into 240 St Hilda’s Lodge Freemasons Hall, South Shields on the 11th May 1908; Passed 17th June 1908 and Raised on the 10th August 1908.
He was the husband of Hannah Margaret Storm of 65 Alwinton Terrace, Gosforth, Newcastle. He died on the 22nd August 1918 aged 51 and is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
The SS Prunelle (578 GRT) managed by H.W. and C.M. Ezard of Goole was torpedoed by the German submarine UB 112 two mile SE from Blyth on a voyage from London to Dundee with the loss of twelve lives.
Thomas Storm is remembered in our List of Ships’ crews
