BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS EDWARDS AND ELLEN GREY. 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.
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
