BORN HULL 1900. SECOND SON OF BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER MAJOR (1872-1949) & ANNIE RUSTON (1872-1952), OF WITHERNSEA, 54, NORWOOD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 244, SPRING BANK, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CONFECTIONARY SUGAR BOILER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/05/1918, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE, TO THE MISSING.
UNMARRIED HIS WAR PENSION WAS AWARDED TO HIS PARENTS WHO MOVED TO 118, SUMMERGANGS ROAD, EAST HULL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ROBERT WILLIAM MAJOR, 55661, SERVED IN THE YORK AND LANCS REGIMENT DURING THE WAR.
First name:
THOMAS CYRIL
Military Number:
81306
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
18
