Lieutenant-Commander, H.M.S. Venerable, Royal Navy. Died 9th August 1915. Aged 31. Son of Mr. T. E. and Mrs. I. B. Greenshields, of Westhay, Hawkchurch, Axminster. Native of Liverpool. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 7. Extract from "de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR", Part Two, page 146. GREENSHIELDS, THOMAS EDWARDS, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., eldest s. of the late Thomas Edwards Greenshields, of Liverpool, Shipowner, by his wife, Isabella Black (Westhay, Hawkchurch, Axminster), dau. of John Greenshields, of Montreal, Canada; b. Liverpool, 6 Jan. 1884; educ. Greenbank School, Sefton Park, there, and in H.M.S. Britannia; was appointed Sub-Lieut. 1904; promoted Lieut. 1906, and Lieut.-Commander 1 April, 1914; served in H.M.S. Majestic, H.M.S. Diana, H.M.S. Triumph, H.M.S. Venus, H.M.S. Illustrious, H.M.S. Berwick, and in H.M.S. Kent on the China Station; returned to England in Aug. 1913, when he was posted to H.M.S. Duncan, and in Aug. 1914, he was appointed 1st Lieut. in H.M.S. Venerable, in which ship he went to the Dardanelles in March, 1915, and in Aug., when volunteers were asked for to take command of parties evacuating wounded from Anzac Beach, he offered his services; left his ship on the 7th, and was killed in action at Anzac Bay on the 9th. Buried there; unm. Note: HMS Venerable was a Bulwark Class Battleship. She was built at Chatham Dockyard, laid down January 1899, completed November 1902, at a cost of £1,159,853. Length 411 feet waterline 431 feet 9 inches overall, beam 75 feet, draught 27 feet 5 inches, displacement 15,366 load 15,955 tons deep. During World War 1 she was with the 5th Battle Squadron Channel Fleet attached to Dover Patrol as flag ship and for bombardment duties. Between May and October 1915 she was in the Dardanelles then between October and December 1915 she had a refit at Gibraltar. From December 1915 until December 1916 she was in the Adriatic then between February and March 1918 she was refitted as a depot ship for minelaying trawlers. In 1920 she was sold for scrapping. HMS Venerable http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/battleships/venerable/hms_venerable.htm http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Ships/HMSVenerable.html
This was his Dad !! Greenshields is a well-known shipping name, dating back to John Greenshields who moved from Glasgow to Liverpool in the 1820s. His son Thomas Edwards Greenshields continued the family business of Greenshields & Co and was later joined by his younger brother Robert Low Greenshields. In 1862 the brothers decided to form two separate companies. Robert continued to trade as Greenshields & Co and his branch survives today as Greenshields Cowie & Co, the forwarding agents.Thomas's company, Greenshields MacDiarmid,continued as shipowners and owned the last sailing ships to sail out of Liverpool until Thomas's death in 1907. Thomas Edwards Greenshields (1828 - 1907)
