BORN HULL 1891. ONLY CHILD OF JOHN WILLIAM & MARY EMMA BAKER AT 41 , BARMSTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A LABOURER AND COKE DRAWER. LIVING AT 247 WINCOLMLEE, HULL. HE MARRIED ELIZA BAKER AND HAD A YOUNG SON, THOMAS HENRY. THEY LIVED AT 3 JOHNS PLACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/11/1915, AGED 24 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 05/07/1916. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 09/02/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZA, WHO MOVED TO 247 WINCOLMLEE, HULL AND LATER 35 WALTON GROVE, BEVERLEY HIGH ROAD, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS)
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HYMERS COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
THOMAS HARRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
30852
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
