BORN NOTTINGHAM, 1886. SON OF RICHARD CRAYTON (1855-1911) & ELIZABETH CRAYTON (1848-1921), OF 4, QUEENS ROAD, HULL AND 40, SHARP STREET. HULL. (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). A GROCERS CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 27/01/1915, AGED 29. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). POSTED TO EGYPT ON 29/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. RETURNED HOME, ON 17/09/1916. DISCHARGED WITH TUBERCULOSIS, ON 16/04/1917. HE DIED OF PHITIHIS, ON 11/03/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST”.
HIS PARENTS MOVED TO NOTTINGHAM. MISS LOUISE BRIDGETT WAS THE GUARDIAM OF HIS CHILD AT 17 HUNTINGTON STREET, NOTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION RECORDS)
First name:
TOM HAROLD
Military Number:
10/1124
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/03/1918
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
33
40, SHARP STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
