Private 7596 Thomas Buckley

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 25/09/15

Age at death: 29
Date of death: 16th of May 1916 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Arras Memorial - Bay 5.

BMD details:
Marriage: 05/07/1914 Thomas BUCKLEY to Edith BATE at Sutton St Anne RC, St Helens. Vol 8b - Page 1401.

Family details:
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Buckley; husband of Edith Buckley, of 20, Harrison St., Sutton, St. Helens, Lancs. Widow Edith is sole legatee.

Census details:
1891 - 4 years old schoolboy Thomas is living at 22 Napier Street, St Helens with parents Thomas (30), Mary Ann (29) and four siblings: Elizabeth (8), Sarah (7), James (2), Dorothy (3 mths). 1901 - (Probable) 13 years old 'Boy Under Detention (Prisoner)' Thomas at St Davids Late Clarence Reformatory School, Mold. 1911 - Shows 24 years old 'Miner/Drawer' Thomas living at 80 Talbot Street, St Helens with his parents Thomas (51), Mary Ann (48) and four siblings: James (22), Alexander (18), Annie (15), Joseph (12). Also at the address is James's wife Kathrine Buckley (23).

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/7596ThomasBuckley.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BuckleyThomasLNL.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/BuckleyT_LFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Thomas Buckley on the Arras Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]