BORN POCKLINGTON 19/03/1881. SON OF WILLIAM SHEARSMITH & MATILDA CRAVEN. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN – BROTHER WILLIAM. SISTERS, SARAH AND ANNIE. THE FAMILY RESIDED IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED ANNIE HOPPER, AT SCULCOATES CHURCH, HULL ON 06/06/1908. ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 13TH EYR, HULL PALS. KILLED IN ACTION, 04/08/1916, AGED 35.
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1318
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/08/1916
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
35
17 VINE TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
