BORN CATTAL, YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON GEORGE & ELIZABETH BLYTH, OF 149 LIME STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HIS WIFE GERTRUDEAMELIA BLYTH, LIVED AT 56 MIDWAY GROVE, NORTH ROAD, HULL. A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 205132, EYR. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1918, AGED 28.
HE IS BURIED AT KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A TREASURE IN HEAVEN”.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S, ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL, WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PTE, JOHN BLYTH, 4TH SOUTH STAFFS, WHO, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 19.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
245389
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1918
Place died:
KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Age:
28
