Rifleman 1409 Thomas Whalley

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915

Age at death: 24
Date of death: 25th of May 1915 (Tuesday)
Born: Liverpool, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.

Family details:
Son of James and Ada Whalley, of 65, Creswell St., St. Helens, Lancs. Mother Ada is sole legatee.

Census details:
1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Sheet Glass Hand (Appren)' living at 114 Eccleston Street, St Helens with parents James (45), Ada (42) and five siblings: Harold (16), Ada (10), Bertha (9), Christina (6), Stanley (1).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=31]Remembered on the Knowsley Road School Memorial.[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_people/Whalley_T_1409.jpg[/pic][caption]Photo and Clipping from the St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser Courtesy of Ste M.[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/SLR_Privates_Menin_Gate_4.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial bearing the inscription for Rifleman Thomas Whalley (Photos courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]