BORN MOSTON, MANCHESTER, 02/07/1899. SON OF ARTHUR GIBSON & ANNIE LOUISA HARRIS, OF MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HULL AND 52, ALBANY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A BEERHOUSE KEEPER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKS.
ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, CADET, 71983, 87TH TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN CTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
First name:
THOMAS LEONARD
Military Number:
43609
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
18
52 , ALBANY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried