BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS AND SARAH BLACKIE, OF 6 FLORENCE PLACE, GIBSON STREET AND 35 CENTRAL STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
AN EX JOSEPH RANK FLOUR EMPLOYEE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/11/1916, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE, AT GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SWEET IS THE MEMORY OF MY DARLING BOY – MOTHER”
Death, 29 Nov 1916 • France and Flanders, died of wounds to the head in the Central London Casualty Clearing Station, France (16 December 1916 – Hull Daily Mail
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
23644
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/11/1916
Place died:
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France
Age:
19
35 CENTRAL STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
