BORN THORNE 1884. SON OF WILLIAM & LIZ, DIGLIN 10 HIGH STREET. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED IN SENERS AND HARRISON’S WAREHOUSE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, OCTOBER 1916. ARRIVED FRANCE IN JANUARY 1917. KILLED IN ACTION 25/4/1917, AGED 33. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. HE WAS ONE OF THREE BROTHERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR. A FOURTH BROTHER PTE, ERNEST DIGLIN, Y624, 6TH KRRC, WAS WOUNDED AND DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE ON 23/10/1916, WITH THE SILVER WAR BADGE. THE BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHS APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15/8/1917. *
The three Diglin brothers who died were George, East Yorks Regt, service no 13/505, 13/11/1916, Walter, York and Lancaster Regiment Service no 203159. 24/0/1917 and William East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion, Service No. 3/33418, 25/04/1917. George and Walter’s service records still exist and can be viewed on Ancestry or Find My Past. There was also a 4th brother who served – Ernest, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion Service No Y624. Ernest was disharged from the service because of wounds he received in action. He was discharged 23/10/1916 and awarded the Silver War Badge.His service record still exists.
