KNOWN AS “TOM”. BORN BEVERLEY 1898. SON OF ELIZA BATTY & ABRAHAM BATTY, OF 10, MINSTER TERRACE, MINSTER LANE, MOORGATE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WAS A HAIRDRESSER’S APPRENTICE BEFORE WAR BEGAN.
ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY ON 31 JAN 1916. MOBILIZED ON 3 MAY 1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 14 JUNE 1917. SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 5TH & 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DISCHARGED WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE RIGHT KNEE, ON 25 JUNE 1919.
AWARDED THE SILVER WAR BADGE. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON 6 APRIL 1924 AGED 26
First name:
Thomas Herbert
Military Number:
235526
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/04/1924
Place died:
Beverley, UK
Age:
26
