Garton, Thomas Edward

BORN HELPRINGHAM, LINCS, 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”

HIS ELDER BROTHER, ALBERT ERNEST GARTON, SERVED AS, 679992, IN THE LABOUR CORPS.


First name:
THOMAS EDWARD
Military Number:
47641
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/03/1918
Place died:
SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE
Age:
26
58, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom