Private 7537 Thomas McGuire

Census details:
Possibly born 1870 and living at 28 Pocket Nook St, St Helens in 1881 with father Patrick and siblings including Theresa.

Notes:
Other SHROH casualties who died in the same incident: [cas=2679]Robert Aspinall[/cas] [cas=2920]William Goodwin[/cas] [cas=3245]Clement Howard[/cas] [cas=2483]John Knowles[/cas]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/7537ThomasMcGuire.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/RMS_Royal_Edward_zps289cc4cc.jpg[/pic][caption]The HMT Royal Edward.[/caption] The British Transport 'Royal Edward' was sunk by an enemy submarine (UB.14) in the Aegean Sea on Saturday 13th August 1915. According to the information at present available, the transport had on board 32 officers and 1350 troops, in addition to the ship's crew of 220 officers and men. The troops consisted mainly of reinforcements for the 29th Division Royal Army Medical Corps, at Gallipoli. The loss of life remains uncertain. Some estimates state 866, others 935. The Soudan managed to pick up 440 men in six hours and two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued a further 221 survivors. The 'Royal Edward' was a large ship of the Royal Line, her port of registry being Bristol. Before the war she was engaged in the Canadian Service, sailing between Avonmouth and Montreal. Built in 1908 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow, her gross tonnage was 11,117, 5669 net. She was 526 feet long, and had a speed of 19 knots. [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/7537ThomasMcGuire.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Private Thomas McGuire (Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]