BORN HULL 1881. KNOWN AS “SLASSER”. SON OF HELEN LOWTHORPE, 1 ADELAIDE STREET, HULL. THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE WAS A WIDOWER AND WORKED AS A LABOURER. HIS SISTER CHARLOTTE GUY CARED FOR HIS TWO SONS THOMAS & LEWIS. THEY LIVED AT 1 ADELAIDE STREET & 53 UPPER UNION STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 08/12/1914. STATIONED IN HEDON. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 23/03/1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, ONE MONTH LATER.
HE WAS LISTED AS KILLED ON THE OSBORNE STREET SHRINE (Hull Daily Mail 23 October 1916).
HE WAS REMEMBERED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 27/04/1916
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
16033
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
34
