World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
Thomas Forster Rennison
Forename(s):
Thomas Forster
Surname:
Rennison
Initial(s):
T F
Service Number:
K/17937
Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
Regiment:
HM Submarine 'E30'
Died:
22/12/1916
Aged:
21
Buried:
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent
Service History:
HMS E30 was a British E class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
She was laid down on 29 June 1914 & commissioned in November 1915. HMS E30 was mined off Orfordness, Suffolk in the North Sea on 22 December 1916. There were no survivors.
Background:
Born in 1895, the son of Jane Rennison, of 3, Pottergate Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, & the late Forster Charlton Rennison.
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial
