Yes I was right, Tressell was born in Dublin, lived near Brighton and died in Liverpool en route to a new life in Canada. He is NOT from Merseyside nor did he ever live there.
Somebody at the council needs the backsides kicking because they have done a document called "*00 names who helped shape our city". One of the names is Herbert Balmer who is a discredited high ranking policeman, proven to have lied in th Ecameo Murders trial sending an innocent man to his death and another to prison for 10 years (appeal court judges words not mine). Click on the link and scroll up 17 lines.
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-100996.pdf
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