Thomas Martin Mulrooney
- Born: 21 Apr 1880, Gosport, Hampshire
- Marriage (1): Alice Mary Terry on 19 Dec 1904 in Sherfield English Church, near Romsey, Hampshire, England
- Died: 27 May 1915, H.M.S Princess Irene, off Sherness, Kent aged 35
- Buried: 27 May 1915, At Sea, Sheerness, Kent, England
 General Notes:
Birth info from 1901 Census....
1891 Census: Age 9 Living 12 Bedford Street, Gosport, Hampshire....
1901 Census: Age19, Living 184 Forton Road, Gosport, Hampshire, Occ: Seaman R.N Navy.
1911 Census: Age 30, Living - 206 Forton Road, Gosport, Hampshire, England. Occ - Seaman in the Royal Navy.
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Commonwealth War Graves: Mulrooney, A.B. Thomas Martin, 195499. R.N. H.M.S Princess Irene. Killed by internal explosion of vessel off Sheerness 27th May 1915. Age 34. Son Of Edward and Charlotte Mulrooney of Gosport. Husband of Alice M Branson (formerly Mulrooney) of 15 Ann's Hill Road, Brockhurst, Gosport 8. Listed on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Homour: Mulrooney, Thomas Martin, A.B. No. 195499. Son of the late Edward A. Mulrooney of Gorport, R.M.L.I. Pensioner, by his wife Charlotte, Born Gosport, Hampshire, 21 April 1881. Education St John's School, Gosport. Joined the Navy in 1894, Served on H.M.S Vernon, H.M.S Thetes, H.M.S. Hercules, H.M.S Good Hope, in which he went to South Africawith Sir Percy Scott, also on H.M.S Princess irene and was lost 27 May 1915, when that ship was blown up in Sheerness Harbour. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal in 1912. He married at Sherfield English Church near Romsey 19 Dec 1904, Alice Mary (15 Ann's Hill, Gosport) Daughter of William Terry of Romsey and had 3 Sons - Charles Victor, b. 18 May 1909 - Alexander Edmund, b. 24 Oct 1910 and William Martin b. 3 May 1912.
In May 1915, Princess Irene was moored in Saltpan Reach, on the Medway Estuary in Kent between Port Victoria and Sheerness, being loaded with mines in preparation for deployment on a minelaying mission. At 11:14 GMT on 27 May, Princess Irene exploded and disintegrated.
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Age 35 at the time of his.
Thomas married Alice Mary Terry on 19 Dec 1904 in Sherfield English Church, near Romsey, Hampshire, England. (Alice Mary Terry was born about 1884 in Gosport, Hampshire, England.)
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