Private 341766 Thomas Rimmer

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps - 63rd Field Amb.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 2218, R.A.M.C.

Age at death: 31
Date of death: 9th of April 1917 (Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Boyelles Communal Cemetery Extension - I. B. 1.

Family details:
Brother of Mrs. Gertrude Twiss, of 117, Westfield St., St. Helens. Same address given at enlistment.

Census details:
1891 - 5 years old schoolboy Thomas is living at 22 Kirkland Street, St Helens with parents Thomas (44), Annie (40) and nine siblings: Edward (22), William (20), George (19), Alice Ann (16), Sarah (14), Elizabeth (11), Annie (9), Robert (3), Kate (7 mths). 1901 Thomas aged 15, a messenger living with parents Thomas 53, Annie 50 and siblings William 30, Annie 19, Robert 13, Albert 10 and Gertrude 7 living at 117 Westfield Street, St Helens. 1911 Sees Thomas aged 25 single working as a postman. He is living with his widowed father Thomas aged 64 and siblings William 40, George 39, Annie 29, Robert 22 and Gertrude 17 at 117 Westfield Street, St Helens.

Notes:
Also commemorated at Royal Army Medical Corps HQ. Age taken from service record and census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Rimmer_T_341766_RAMC.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/RimmerThomas_RAMC.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Rimmer_T_341766_RAMC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Thomas Rimmer at Boyelles Communal Cemetery Extension (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]