BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS HENRY EDWARDS AND ELLEN GREY, OF 5, WRAY’S TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 9, STRICKLAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS, ELIZABETH ANN, MARY ELLEN AND MARTHA ANN. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER AND LIVED AT 250, WINCOLMLEE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FOUGHT FOR THE TYNESIDE IRISH BRIGADE. DIED ON 27/04/1917, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER.
TOM IS SHOWN HERE IN UNIFORM (SEATED), WITH HIS BROTHER, GEORGE, WHO WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND WAS REPATRIATED BADLY GASSED.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Military Number:
44243
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
