BORN HULL 1895. GEORGE OLDFIELD & CAROLINE (KIRKMAN), OF 27 HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF FOUR CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED WITH WITH HIS MOTHER’S PARENTS, ISSAC AND MILDRED KIRKMAN, ALSO AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A SAWYER AND SUB POST MASTER. HE WAS A BLACKSMITH BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 13/07/1915. SERVED WITH THE 7TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT HOME, ON 09/03/1916, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CAROLINE. HE LEFT BROTHERS, GEORGE AND JOHN AND SISTER ALICE. HE IS BURIED AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
First name:
THOMAS HENRY
Military Number:
12276
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/03/1916
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
20
