Carole Fife has provided the following:
Thomas was born 19th October 1896 to John and Elizabeth Emery of 20, Jubilee Terrace, Bedlington Station. In 1911 he was a labourer at the colliery.
When Thomas died HMS Bellerophon was stationed at Scapa Flow. The cemetery record says he died of accidental injuries. He is buried at Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery on the Isle of Hoy in the Orkney Islands.
He is remembered in Bedlington Station on B163.04 and in our List of Ships’ crews
