Private 27053 Thomas Grimes
Regiment/Unit: Welsh Regiment - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: Gallipoli
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 04/07/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 10368, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 18th of November 1915
Born: Sutton, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Sutton, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Pieta Military Cemetery - D. VII. 2.
Family details:
Mother & Sole Legatee: Annie.
Census details:
1891 - 3 years old Thomas is living at 5 Parr Moss, St Helens with parents Frank (27), Ann (23) and two siblings: Ellen (5) Mary (1). 1901 - 13 years old Thomas is still living at 5 Parr Moss, St Helens with parents Frank (37 a coal miner), Ann (33) and six siblings: Ellen (15), Mary (10), Frank (8), Ann (5), Frederick (3), Maggie (1). 1911 - Sees 20? years old ' Coal Miner Drawer' Thomas boarding at 4 Fleet Lane, Parr, St Helens with the Dixon family. There are 20 people living/boarding in this terraced house.
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/27053ThomasGrimes.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/27053ThomasGrimes.jpg[/pic][caption]The gravestone of Private Thomas Grimes at Pieta Military Cemetery
(Photograph Courtesy of Graeme Clarke off GWF )[/caption]
