T1/733, Driver, Thomas Henry NADEN
Aged 25
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Born in Liverpool in Q4-1891 [Liverpool 8b:33] to James Henry and Mary Ann NADEN (née BRANNAN), of 56 Epsom Street, Liverpool later
of 48 Hankin Street, Stanley Road, Liverpool.
1901 census...Thomas [9] was at 3 Epsom Street,Liverpool with his father James H [36], a boiler riveter; his mother Mary A [36]; sisters Harriet A [11] and Helena H [18 months] and brother James H [6]. They were all Liverpool born. 1911 census...Thomas [19] was a stablelad with Joe Butters at Kremlin House, Fordham Road, Newmarket. His father was in Highfield Infirmary, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. He enlisted in Newmarket, but gave his residence as Liverpool. |
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Doullen was the railhead used by both the British and French armies. Whilst not knowing how Thomas died, the absence of the clasp to his 1914 star indicates
that he either never came under fire, or no claim was made for the clasp. Given that he was apparently operating on the train, the former seems most likely.
How it came about that a stableman in 1911 was so rapidly taken on by the Army and sent abroad as soon as October 1914 is something of a mystery. It may be that he had experience
of railway work, in which case his lack of military training would have been put to one side, or perhaps his task was handling horses in transit?
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