BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & ELIZABETH TURNER, OF 33, CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5, FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A MARINE ENGINEER. HE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER. HE WORKED AS A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FIREMAN FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEER’S, 14TH LIGHT RAILWAY OPERATING SECTION. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 141 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST SIZE. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 03/05/1917. WOUNDED ON 17/03/1918, BY GUNSHOT TO LEFT ARM AND LEFT LEG. HE DIED OF WOUNDS THE SAME DAY. HE HAD SERVED FOR 2 YEARS AND 98 DAYS. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, THOMAS.
First name:
THOMAS BYRON
Military Number:
256322
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
17/03/1918
Place died:
Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
5 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
