BORN GARTON, DRIFFIELD 1891. LIVED IN HULL. ONLY SON OF FRANCIS JOHN LEPPINGTON AND MARY ANN LILL (1867-1953), AT 3, BELLE VIEW, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, EMILY & ANNE ELIZABETH,
HE WORKED AS A WEIGHING MACHINE FITTER IN STOKE (1911 CENSUS) AND AS A CLERK FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY. HE LIVED AT 2 RAILWAY COTTAGES, ARGYLE STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, SERVED IN THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/01/1915, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AND BOTH SISTERS.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
11180
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/01/1915
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
24
2 RAILWAY COTTAGES, ARGYLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
