Private 2292 Thomas Burkhill

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/15

Age at death: 24
Date of death: 3rd of May 1915 (Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.

BMD details:
Marriages - Many couples had a RC and CofE marriage back then: 24/05/1914 Thomas BURKHILL to Lucy M MURPHY at St Helens Parish Church. 29/01/1915 Thomam BURKHILL to Luciam MURPHY at St Mary's (Lowe House) RC .

Census details:
1891 - 1 year old Thomas is living at 146 Albion Street, St Helens with parents Joseph (26), Margaret A (26) and two siblings: Joseph (6), Jane (3). 1901 - Shows 10 years old Thomas living at 146 Albion Street, St Helens with parents Joseph (36), Margaret Ann (36) and five siblings: Joseph (16), Jane (13), James (8), Ethel (6), William Edmond (1). 1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Sheet Glass Flattener' Thomas still living at 146 Albion Street, St Helens with parents Joseph (47), Margaret Ann (46) and four siblings: James (17), Ethel (16), William Edmund (11), Elizabeth (9).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=31]Remembered on the Knowsley Road School Memorial.[/url] Age taken from census

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2292ThomasBurkhill.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]news/Burkill_T_2292_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/T_Burkhill_F_Byrne_G_Canning_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Thomas Burkhill on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]