Thomas Alan Bishop

An Able Seaman with H.M.S. Capel, Thomas died on 26th of December 1944 aged 22. 

Thomas was born at Lowestoft on 5 October 1922, a son of Thomas Samuel and Nellie Kathleen Bishop. He was baptised at Christ Church, Lowestoft, on 22 October 1922 and his family lived at 102 Saint Peter’s Street. This was still the family home in 1939 when Thomas was a sheet metal worker.

In December 1944 Thomas was serving with the frigate H.M.S. Capel. On 26 December the ship was patrolling north-eat of Cherbourg with other escorts. German submarine U-486 fired three torpedoes, one of which hit the Capel, which sank with the loss of 76 crew, including Thomas.