BORN HULL 01/12/1870. SON OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH COSGROVE. MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 13/11/1990. WIFE DINAH LILY COSGROVE (1871-1926) AND FOUR CHILDREN. LIVED SALFORD. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED BURY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 7562, 2ND KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME, ON 03/09/1916, AGED 45. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
7562
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
03/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
45
