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Thomas Hill | |||
Rank: | Private | Number: | 36009* |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 01st Bn | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Loyal North Lancashire Rgt | ||
Died: | 14/11/1917 | Age: | 20 |
How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
Country of burial: | Belgium | Grave Photo: | Yes |
Cemetery or Memorial: | Poelcapelle British Cemetery | ||
Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Born during the September quarter 1897 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/824, the son of Charles Edwin & Martha Hill (nee Pietersen). 1901 Census - 10 Beech Street, Gorton, Manchester. Son - aged: 3 - born: No place given. Head of household - Charles E. Hill - Married - aged: 30 - occ: School Board Attendance Officer - born: Rotherham, Yorkshire. Also - Martha Hill - Wife - aged: 35 - born: Manchester. Plus 1 elder sister and a maternal uncle. 1911 Census - Grange Road, Ashton upon Mersey. Son - aged: 13 - Scholar - born: Manchester. Head of household - Charles E. Hill - Married - aged: 40 - occ: School Board Attendance Officer - born: Rotherham, Yorkshire. Also - Martha Hill - Wife - aged: 45 - born: Manchester. Plus 1 elder sister. His father was the School Attendance Officer for Sale and the family resided at "Hollybank", 27 Grange Road, Ashton upon Mersey. Attended St. Mary's P.C. School. Employed by George Peak & Co, Portland Street, Manchester as a Wholesale Drapery Salesman. Member of Barkers Lane Wesleyan Sunday School. Enlisted and mobilised in October 1916. Initially trained as a Gunner in the R.F.A. - formerly 187011. Posted to France in January 1917 landing at Boulogne. After further training (Etaples?) he was transferred to the 1st Bn, Loyal North Lancashire Rgt. Involved in the Battles in the Arras area, before moving up to Belgian Flanders, where he was killed in the final actions to take Passchendaele. Death reorted in the 21/12/1917 edition of the Altrincham Guardian. Commemorated on the family gravestone in Sale Cemetery. |
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