BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF JAMES SHINGLES (1859-1948) & JANE HEBDEN (1862-1935), OF FLEMINGATE, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS) AND DALTON HOLME, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS.
ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 23/11/1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 19.
BURIED AT CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
107573
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
14/07/1916
Place died:
Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
19
FLEMINGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
