BORN NORTH FERRIBY 1898. KNOWN AS “TOM”. SON OF GEORGE STRAKER & AMELIA CAMPBELL, AT 80 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A MOULDER, EMPLOYED BY THE BRITANNIA, OIL AND CAKE MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3.5 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS, AND 35 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/05/1916, AGED 17 AND 9 MONTHS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 10/10/1917. WOUNDED IN THE HEAD ON 20/11/1917.
HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, AND PRESUMED DEAD ON 17/09/1918, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE & ST ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 19/09/1919. *
HIS BROTHER, ABLE SEAMAN, PERCY G.A. STRAKER, HMS ‘INDOMITABLE’ IS ALSO LISTED ON THE ON THE NICHOLSON STREET SHRINE.
| Name | Tom Straker |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | North Ferriby, Hull |
| Death Date | 17 Sep 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 52334 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
