Thomas Kevin WALSH

   Another name for Thomas was Kevin.

  General Notes:

Thomas known as Kevin was born at 72 Ruthin St. He was named Kevin after Kevin Barry, a young Irish Volunteer (part of the old IRA in the Irish War of Independence 1919-21) executed by the English five months before Thomas Kevin's birth. This was very much in line with his father's Republican leanings. Kevin went to De La Salle Grammar School, Scott Road, Shefield. Before the Second World War he worked as a Clerk/Statistician in Sheffield Corporation's Public Assistance Office. During WWII he did military service as an observer / navigator in the RAF spending time in Canada, India and Burma. In Burma he was one of the two-man crew of the timber framed de Haviland Mosquito Mk VI fighter-bomber planes which carried out raids against Japanese targets.

The majority of Kevin's teaching career was spent at Norfolk Middle School and Prince Edward School, both in Sheffield. He was a founding and active member of De La Salle Old Boys Club. He was also Governor / Chair of Governors at All Saints RC School, Sheffield and an active parishioners of St. Vincent's, Sheffield, being particularly involved in the building of a new parish church off School Road in 2000. He spent many years along with his wife Peggy working voluntarily for the University of Sheffield Chaplaincy. Kevin was awarded the Papal Knighthood of St Gregory for his service to education. The family home was 321 Crookesmoor Road, Sheffield which he purchased from his mother in 1957.

  Burial Notes:

Grave Number Jos Z 88

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth, 2 Apr 1921, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

• Census, 1939, 72 Ruthin Street, Sheffield, England. Municiple Clerk (Public Assistance)

• Marriage, 14 Feb 1954, St Marie's, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Residence 321 Crookesmoor Road, Sheffield

Thomas married Margaret Mary ILLINGWORTH, daughter of William ILLINGWORTH and Margaret Ellen KING, on 14 Aug 1954 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. (Margaret Mary ILLINGWORTH was born on 9 Sep 1929 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England and died on 12 Nov 2015 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.)