Thackeray, Lionel Edward

Skidby WW1 Memorial, St Michael’s Church,
79 Main Street, Skidby. List the names of 42 men who served, including 6 killed in WW1

BORN HULL 1894. SCULCOATES. SON OF EMILY & EDWARD THACKERAY, OF SKIDBY. LIVED BARROW HAVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE. WELL KNOWN IN HULL, WITHERNSEA AND DRIFFIELD DISTRICTS.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 9TH AUGUST 1914. POSTED TO FRANCE IN NOVEMBER 1914, WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, AT CUINCHY, ON 25TH JANUARY 1915, AGED 20. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 16TH APRIL 1915. *

HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SKIDBY WW1 MEMORIAL


First name:
LIONEL EDWARD
Military Number:
11054
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/01/1915
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
2O
, BARROW HAVEN, BARROW UPON HUMBER, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK