BeppoSapone Posted 6 February , 2005 Share Posted 6 February , 2005 I have recently started a project to find details of the men named on the village War Memorial. I am not local and know very little about the area, but am doing the job anyway. I needed to find a John Thompson who was killed in WW1. I have just waded through most of the 645 records that come up for "J Thompson", and found him He was a 17 year old kid, born in the village, who was a "Trimmer" in the Mercantile Marine Reserve. He died when the "Laurentic" struck a mine off Lough Swilly. His body was buried in County Donegal. Reasons for this post: 1) What exactly did a Trimmer do? 2) I had to tell someone. My partner thinks I am a lunatic bothering with all those dead people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_armstrong Posted 6 February , 2005 Share Posted 6 February , 2005 We had a thread about trimmers a few months ago... http://1914-1918.org/forum/index.php?showt...9375&hl=trimmer I hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 6 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2005 Thanks Jon, it did help. The poor little ****** never had much hope, stuck in a hold full of coal when the ship hit a mine. ****** me, you can't say ******! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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