BORN HULL 1894. SON OF LILLY MARGARET MARSHALL, OF 8 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY SERVICE ON 01/09/1913 AS A CASUAL IN THE RENEWAL GANG FOR THE ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT. MADE A GANGMAN ON 30/01/1914.
HE SERVED WITH THE TERRITORIALS AND LEFT FOR FRANCE ON 20/04/1915, AS A DRIVER. AFTER A FEW DAYS AT THE FRONT HE WAS MADE A GUNNER. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION A MONTH LATER, ON 24/05/1915, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/08/1915, ALONG WITH OTHER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MEN TO HAVE FALLEN. ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/06/1915.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST JOHNS CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
1170
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
24/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
8 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
