Able Seaman Ernest Thirwell Maddison
Merchant Navy, MV Ngaroma
Date of Birth: March Quarter of 1900
Place of Birth: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Date of Death: 30th of May 1940, aged 40
Buried: Dover, St. James's Cemetery, Kent
Awarded The Defence Medal (United Kingdom)
Ernest Thirwell Maddison was born in the 1st quarter of 1900 at Gateshead, Durham, and in the 1901 census, he was living at 11, Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Durham. His father Thomas I Maddison, 1868, was a Foreman Shunter (Railway) and his mother was Mary Ann Maddison, née Wardle, 1866.
| Frank Chapman, Step Son, 1884 | Elsie Maddison, 1893 |
| Hannah Maddison, 1898 | Ernest Thirwell Maddison, 1900 |
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Ida Maddison, 1903 |
By 1911, the Maddison family had moved to 47, Chapman Street, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland.
In the 1st quarter of 1936, Ernest married Daisy Bertha Elson of Teignmouth, Devon.
MV Ngaroma and Dunkirk
The MV Ngaroma was a Merchant Navy Coaster, which was built in 1931, tonnage 503. The Commanding Officer was Captain John William Dickinson, Master, which completed 1 trip to Dunkirk and landed 30 troops.
Able Seaman Ernest Thirwell Maddison was killed by enemy action whilst rescuing troops stranded at Dunkirk.
Ernest Thirwell Maddison commemorative certificate
