Sapper 7922 Thomas Lewis Prescott

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 2nd/1st West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 426351, R.E.

Age at death: 22
Date of death: 4th of January 1917 (Thursday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Prescot, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery - V. C. 12.

Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Thomas L is living at 42 Eccleston Lane Ends, St Helens with parents Thomas (33), Elizabeth (33) and four siblings: Mary (8), Esther (4), Lucy (2), Margaret (1). Also at the address are Thomas seniors widowed brother-in-law James Johnson (37) and his four children: Esther Johnson (13), Harry Johnson (8), Margaret Johnson (6), Mary Johnson (4). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Haulier In The Coal Mine' Thomas L living at 55 Bretherton Road, Whiston with mother Elizabeth (44) and five siblings: Lucy (12), Margaret Ellen (11), John (7), James (6), Annie (4).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=5]Remembered On The Christ Church Memorial[/url] Commemorated on [url=http://www.prescot-rollofhonour.info/casualty-352-Thomas_Lewis_Prescott.html]Prescot Roll of Honour[/url] Not on the Cenotaph.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/7922ThomasLewisPrescott.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/T_L_Prescott_RE_zps369fc131.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sapper Thomas Lewis Prescott at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]