BORN BEVERLEY 1897. SON OF GEORGE AND EMMA WARDELL, OF 7, ROBERTS AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS TWIN BROTHER WAS LEONARD WARDELL. HE BOARDED WITH WALTER RICHARDSON AND MAY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, AND HIS GRANDPARENTS, AT 52 , NAYLORS ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A FORMER BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4919, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EMMA. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HE IS LISTED AS KILLED ON HULL’S CENTRAL STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR (HULL DAILY MAIL, 17/11/1916).
HIS TWIN BROTHER, PRIVATE, 17797, LEONARD WARDELL, 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/05/1917, AGED 26.
First name:
TOM
Regiment:
Military Number:
4919
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
