BORN HULL 1883. A HORSE RULLEYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST. MARRIED MARGARET HARDWICK, ON 22/11/1915. HIS WIFE, MARGARET WILSON & FOUR SONS (WILLIAM, HERBERT, PERCY AND STANLEY), LIVED AT 6 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 05/06/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/01/1917. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMNT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/03/1917. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 90 DAYS.
HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION, OF 28 SHILLINGS AND 9 PENCE, ON 24/09/1917, FOR HERSELF AND FOUR CHILDREN.
First name:
THOMAS WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
24891
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/03/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
34
