Chief Petty Officer P/229479 Thomas Titt Breeds

BMD details:
Marriage: 1st qtr 1915 - Thomas T Breeds to Grace F Wenham at Hastings, Sussex. Vol 2b - Page 60. Death of Thomas Breeds registered Jun 1943 at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 615.

Family details:
Son of John and Harriet Breeds, of Hastings, Sussex; husband of Grace Florence Breeds, of Hastings.

Census details:
1891 - 4 years old Thomas T is living at 9a John Street, Hastings, Sussex with parents John (35), Harriet (38) and nine siblings: Richard W (15), Sarah J (13), Frederick (9), Annie F J (8), Margaret L (7), Elizabeth (4), Grace (3), Alice M (1), Florence M (1). 1901 - 14 years old 'Chemists Erran Boy' Thomas T is still living at 9a John Street, Hastings, Sussex with parents John (46), Harriet (49) and five siblings: Bessie (14), Grace (13), Alice (11), William (9), Horace (2). 1911 - Sees 23 years old Thomas T serving as a 'Royal Navy Able Seamen' and based at H M S Excellent, Gunnery School, Royal Naval School Of Gunnery - Whale Island - Portsmouth. 1939 Register. 51 years old Thomas T Breeds born 10/01/1888 a Hot Waters Filter Labourer, wife Grace F Breeds born 22/03/1888 an Unpaid Domestic and daughter Grace F C Breeds born 27/04/1917 a Domestic Servant are living at 113 Victoria Avenue, Hastings. Also at the address is Florence Warne (Edgley) born 28/06/1898 Unpaid Domestic. Three members of the household are redacted.

Notes:
Service Year:1920-1925, Awarded RN Long Service and Good conduct Medal.

[pic]tpics/229479_Thomas_T_Breeds.jpg[/pic][caption]National Probate Calendar[/caption] HMS Gosling, Royal Naval Air Establishment Risley, (Warrington) was responsible for the conversion and outfitting of specialist radio and radar vehicles for use by MONABs; other conversion work was carried out by N.A.R.I.U. (Naval Air Radio Installation Unit) at RAF Christchurch, Dorset where containerised radio workshops were constructed and outfitted. Commissioned on the 1st July 1942, training Air Fitters, Air Mechanics, Radio Mechanics and Royal Marine Trainees of the Royal Naval Air Station Defence Force. It also included the Royal Marine Training Camp 'Lowton'. Additional accommodation for H.M.S. Gosling was commissioned as H.M.S. Aerial on 8th October 1942. H.M.S. Gosling was paid off on 31st March 1947. [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/T_T_Breeds.jpg[/pic] [caption]The headstone of Chief Petty Officer Thomas Titt Breeds at St Helens Cemetery[/caption]