Private G/2103 Thomas Roscoe
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Fusiliers - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: Gallipoli
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 26/05/1915
Age at death: 18
Date of death: 6th of June 1915
Born: Parr, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Chancery Lane, Parr, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Helles Memorial - Panel 37 to 41 or 328.
Family details:
Sister sole legatee: Mary Rigby.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Thomas is living at 180 Chancery Lane, Parr, St Helens with widowed mother Margaret Roscoe (38) and five siblings: George Pennington (18), Mary Pennington (16), Ada Pennington (13). [cas=924]John Henry Pennington[/cas] (10), Elizabeth Roscoe (8). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'Brick Worker' Thomas living at 7 Broad Oak Hollow, Parr, St Helens with mother Margaret Pennington (49) and two siblings John Pennington (22 head of household), Elizabeth Pennington (18) boarding at address is John Stephen (37). Thomas is shown as Pennington in the 1911 census.
Notes:
Full brothers? [cas=924]John Henry Pennington[/cas] Age taken from census.
Full brothers? [cas=924]John Henry Pennington[/cas] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2103ThomasRoscoe.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/ThomasRoscoeAndThomasCook.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/G2103ThomasRoscoe.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Private Thomas Roscoe
(Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]
