Private 1343 Thomas Hurst

Census details:
1901 - 8 years old Thomas is living at 13 Fair View, Billinge, Nr Wigan with parents Thomas (39), Alice (39) and six siblings: Aaron (17), Amy (16), John (14), William (11), [cas=2350]David Hurst[/cas] (5), James (10 Mths). 1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Coal Miner - Hewer' Thomas still living at 13 Fair View, Billinge, Nr Wigan with parents Thomas (49), Alice (49) and five siblings: Aaron (28), John (24), William (20), [cas=2350]David Hurst[/cas] (16), James (10).

Notes:
[note=105]Two Hurst brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]

Private 1343 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Thomas was born on the 11th of July 1892 the son of Thomas and Alice Hurst of 33 Rainford Road, Billinge, and was baptised on the 28th of August 1892 at St. Aidan's C.E. Church. He was living in St. Helens where he enlisted to join the Royal Fusiliers. Thomas was killed in action in France on Wednesday the 21st of August 1918, he was 26 years old. His brother David serving in the Manchester Regiment was killed about three months later. His name is recorded on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France, panel 3, on All Saints C.E. Church Memorial, Sutton on the famliy grave headstone in St. Aidan`s Churchyard, grave 5/19, and on the St. Helens Cenotaph. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; St. Aidan`s Church Registers. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]From Billinge History PDF (hosted on St Helens Connect[/url] [pic]tpics/1343_Hurst_1.jpg[/pic] [pic]tpics/1343_Hurst_2.jpg[/pic] [caption]A Family Monument from St.Aiden's Churchyard, Billinge. (Images courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/THurst_RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Thomas Hurst on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]