Private 341600 Thomas Kitts
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps - 1st/3rd West Lancs Field Amb.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 11/09/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 2021, R.A.M.C.
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 1st of August 1917
Born: Patricroft, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 56.
BMD details:
Marriage: 2nd QTR 1916 Thomas Kitts to Hilda Margerison at Blackburn, Lancashire. Vol 8e - Page 801. The couple had two children: Dorothy b- 06/06/1914 and William b- 16/12/1916
Family details:
Husband of Hilda Smith (formerly Kitts), of 8, Geenhalgh Place, Burnley. Next-of-kin and address at enlistment: Mrs Hilda Kitts (wife), 8 Hope Street, Gt Harwood. (62 Argyle Street, St Helens crossed out.)
Census details:
1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 19 years old 'Labourer At Saw Mill' Thomas living at 42 Mill Street, St Helens with parents Richard J (48), Mary (48) and four siblings: Elizabeth (26), William Edward (24), Richard (17), Clara (14). Also at the address is visitor Jane Entwistle (69).
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[caption]Private Thomas Kitts inscription on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
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[caption]Thomas is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url][/caption]
