BORN HELPRINGHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1892. SON OF EDWARD SAMUEL GARTON (1852-1929) & SOPHIA HORTON (1858-1927), OF HELPRINGHAM, LINCS. SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A BAKER’S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS).
HUSBAND OF MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON, OF 58, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 03/05/1918).
ENLISTED CENTRAL HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/04/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE. S/4/070849, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS RIFLEMAN, 47641, 2ND ROYAL IRISH RIFLES. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/03/1918, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, EDWARD.
HE IS BURIED AT SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD”
THOMAS GARTON IS RECORDED ON THE STONE PILLAR MEMORIAL AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, ALBERT ERNEST GARTON, SERVED AS, PRIVATE, 679992, IN THE LABOUR CORPS.
