BORN DRIFFIELD 1896. SON OF THOMAS (1866-1956) & KATE LONDESBOROUGH (1870-1936), OF “ROSE COTTAGE”, SEATON (1911 CENSUS) AND OBAN HOUSE, SEATON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM FOREMAN. ELDEST OF FIVE SONS AND TWO SISTERS. A FARM LAD, WORKING IN SKIRLAUGH.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT HORNSEA, ON 06/02/1919, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, THOMAS. HE IS BURIED AT SIGGLESTHORNE (ST. LAURENCE) CHURCHYARD, YORKSHIRE.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, JAMES WILLIAM LONDESBOROUGH, 8TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 19. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORTAED ON THE SIGGLESTHORNE WW1 MEMORIAL, WHERE 75 MEN SERVED AND ELEVEN DIED IN WW1.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
86487
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/02/1919
Place died:
Sigglesthorne (St. Laurence) Churchyard, Yorkshire
Age:
22
