Thomas Edward Flannery
(1893-1918)
(1893-1918)
Railroad Brakeman
Private Thomas Edward Flannery, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Nankin
Gravestone, Private Thomas Edward Flannery, Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Picardie, France
Thomas Edward Flannery
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Address: 1271 E. 102nd St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Yard Brakeman at Pennsylvania Railroad, Cleveland, OH; claimed exemption from the draft due to his mother being a dependent; per the 1910 Census, at age 16 he was working as a Car Accountant at a Railroad Co.
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light
Service Number: 1943951
Deployment: 6/5/1918 from Montreal, Canada aboard SS Nankin
Action:
Next of Kin: Mrs. A. Flannery, mother, 1271 E. 102nd St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Before he enlisted in World War I, three of Private Thomas Edward Flannery's four siblings had died, and his mother was widowed.
Father: Dennis aka Denis Flannery (1862-?), born Ireland, emigrated ~1880, married 1891, occupation Saloon Keeper, died sometime between the 1900 and 1910 Census but no additional information found; Mother: Anastasia "Anna" Delaney Flannery (1866-1943), born Cleveland, OH of Irish ancestry, married 1891, had 5 children, all of whom preceded her in death and died before the age of 25, buried St. Joseph Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside several of her children; Siblings: Francis Flannery (1892-1912); Florence Flannery (1897-1898); Raymond Flannery (1898-1913); Eugene Flannery (1901-1921). Sibling list may be incomplete.