Private 9402 Thomas Fildes
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Fusiliers - 9th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 14/11/1915
Age at death: 38
Date of death: 7th of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
BMD details:
Marriage: 1st Qtr 1898 Thomas Fildes to Margaret Kelly at Prescot, Lancs. Vol 8b - Page 907.
Family details:
Husband of Margaret Fildes, of 27, Carter St., Peasley Cross, St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1881 - 3 years old Thomas is living at 42 Pocket Nook Street, St Helens with widowed mother Esther (33) and sisters Sarah Jane (14), Alice (6). 1891 - 13 years old 'Flint Glass Makers Assistant' Thomas is living at 31 Bruce Street, St Helens with mother Esther (43) and sister Margaret A (9). They are staying at the home of Thomas's married sister Martha Wilkinson (18), her husband Thomas Wilkinson (25) and daughter Alice Wilkinson (1). 1901 - 23 years old 'Glass Bottle Maker' Thomas is living at 72 Phythian Street, St Helens with wife of three years Margaret (21) and two children: James (2), George (1). 1911 - Sees 33 years old 'Glass Bottle Maker' Thomas living at 7 Carter Street, Peasley Cross, St Helens with wife Margaret (31) and six children: James (12), Thomas (9), Esther (6), Margaret (3), Cecilia (1), William (2 mths). Boarding at the address is Patrick Doolan (38).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/FildesT.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/T_Fildes_RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Thomas Fildes on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
