BORN HULL 1885. SON OF BENJAMIN CHARLES BOLTON (1842-1905) & HENRIETTA JEWITT (1844-1903), OF HULL.
AN OIL MILL MOULDER.
HUSBAND TO CATHERINE, AT, 88, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL AND 19, BRIGHTON TERRACE, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) . THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN – ANNIE, CATHERINE & BENJAMIN (KIA 1940 DUNKIRK).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 01/07/1916, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT LA BOISSELLE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
HIS SON BENJAMIN WAS KILLED AT DUNKIRK IN 1940. HDM PHOTO 27/02/2014.*
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/dad-killed-Somme-son-dead-Dunkirk-memorial-walk/story-20713527-detail/story.html
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
11333
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France
Age:
31
