BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM AND ESTHER CRONK, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). EX RECKITT’S WORKER. JOINED RECKITT’S ON 02/06/1913. ENLISTED AT HULL IN 1914. SERVED WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. ATTACHED TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GIVENCHY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/09/1916, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS FATHER THOMAS. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE BARNSLEY STREET MEMORIAL. BURIED AT GORRE BRITISH & INDIAN CEMETERY, FRANCE.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Military Number:
1633
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/09/1916
Place died:
Gorre British And Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
18 VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
