Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Thomas William Marrs
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 1892 Carlisle
Date and Place of Death:Not known
Nationality:British
Disability : Yes- deformity of left arm caused by tuberculosis about 1903 – led to discharge from army reserves
Childhood: With grandmother
Parents: Not known
Parents occupations: Not known
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Boots at hotel the Fitter’s labourer at Gretna
Place of residence at Gretna:54, Charles Street, Carlisle
Marital status: Not known
Children: None known
Travels: N.K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
Trivia / any other information: Accused of stealing a raincoat and cigarette case from a billiard hall, January 1917, Penrith
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Penrith Observer – Tuesday 23 January 1917
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Mini Biography
Thomas William Marrs 1892-
Thomas William Marrs was born in Carlisle in 1892. No record of parentage
1901 – at 16 Burns Street, Caldewgate . Carlisle living with his Grandmother, Jane Marrs, Biscuit factory worker
1911 – living with grandmother at 8 Burns St Carlisle. 3 rooms. Working as a warehouse porter.
9th December 1915- enlisted 105th Training reserve battalion. Address at discharge 54 Charles Street, Carlisle
1917- service papers- proceedings on discharge on 8th December 1917. “Deformed left arm. Military character: Bad . Found sober during this service” Occupation- Hotel Boots
“Deformity originated 14 years ago Not caused by or aggravated by this service” caused by tuberculosis in 1903
Employed at Gretna as a fitter’s labourer following discharge
Penrith Observer – Tuesday 23 January 1917
“ROBBERY FROM A PENRITH BILLIARD HALL. GRETNA WORKER’S FOLLY. Thomas William Marrs, fitter’s labourer, Charles Street, Carlisle, was charged with stealing a raincoat and cigarette case of the value of £2 the Property of Thomas Goodfellow, from the staircase of a billiard room in Middlegate, Penrith,—Prosecutor said on the evening of December 30th be went to the billiard hall in Middlegate, and hung his coat on a rack on the staircase. He saw it there at nine o’clock, but when he went again an hour later it. was gone—Herbert L Robertshaw, Mitre Hotel, Penrith, said that at six o’clock on the evening of December 30th prisoner and his brother went to. the hotel to book a bedroom for the night. They returned at ten o’clock, prisoner having a raincoat. Witness told him to hang it up downstairs, but he insisted on taking it to the bedroom.—P.C. Fulton said be made inquiries respecting the missing coat. On the morning of December 3lst he went to the bedroom which had been occupied by the prisoner at the Mitre Hotel. Behind the door were two coats, including the missing one. Downstairs he saw prisoner and his friend. Both denied any knowledge of the coat. Witness then ‘ , asked them to account for the coat found in the ‘ bedroom, and prisoner said : ” I took it, it’s me. I was drunk.” On being formally charged prisoner said ” I took it right enough ; I did not know I had it until this morning.”—Mr. Robertshaw, recalled, said prisoner had had some drink when he went back to the hotel, though he could not say he was drunk.—Prisoner said he thought it was his brother’s coat; he did not know he had it until the next morning.–Chief Supt. Barron said prisoner was allowed out on bail to appear at the last Court, but did not do so. He had put the witnesses to much trouble, and had been arrested on a warrant for failing to appear.—ln reply to the Clerk, Prisoner said he had been working at Gretna for six weeks, prior to which he was boots at the Crown and Mitre Hotel, Carlisle.—Prisoner was fined £2 and costs.”
No record of Thomas after 1917 is readily evident