Private S/17066 Thomas Vincent Hurst

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 35
Date of death: 9th of April 1917 (Monday)
Born: Prescot, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Mindel Trench British Cemetery St Laurent-Blangy - B. 37.

Family details:
Parents: George Francis Edwin Hurst & Catherine.

Census details:
1891 - 9 years old schoolboy Thomas is living at 44 Lowe Street, St Helens with parents George (35), Catherine (35) and four siblings: Jane (11), William (7), Joseph (4), Catherine (1). 1901 - 18 years old 'Glass Bottle Maker' Thomas is living at 25 Arthur Street, St Helens with parents George (44), Catherine (44) and six siblings: William (16), Joseph (14), Catherine (11), Maria R (8), Peter L (6), Anna (3). Also at the address is George's brother - Peter Hurst (40). 1911 - Not found.

Notes:
Age from dedication monument.

[pic]imgs/sppics/Hurst_T.jpg[/pic][caption]Image from the St.Helens Newspaper & Advertiser, courtesy of Jeff Keenan[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/17006_Hurst.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Thomas Vincent Hurst at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/TV.Hurst_BlackWatch.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Thomas Vincent Hurst at Mindel Trench British Cemetery, St Laurent-Blangy (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]