BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ROBERT FENTON AND MRS BERTHA ANNIE BARNBY, OF 4, AIRIE STREET, HULL AND 87, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE SERVED AS SAPPER, WR/276852, IN THE 52ND BROAD GAUGE OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED OF A FRACTURED THIGH AND AMPUTATION, AT 30TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, FRANCE, ON 21/12/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER “BERTHA”.
HIS DEATH & ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/12/18.
HE IS BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, CALAIS, FRANCE.
ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
WR/276852
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
21/12/1918
Place died:
LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
23
87 , GLASGOW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
