BORN THORNE 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & EMMA (TUKE), OF THORNE, NEAR DONCASTER, YORKSHIRE. A BUTCHERS ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX. PRIVATE, 22371 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE9TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY. SOLDIERS DIED RECO […]
