Gunner 810475 Thomas Huyton

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Thomas is living at 18 Pimbo Road, Billinge with parents James (47), Elizabeth (45) and eight siblings: John (21), Margaret E (19), Mary A (14), Catherine A (12), George (9), Ann F (7), Joseph A (2). Married sister Susannah Sumner (23), her husband John Sumner (26) and their two children Vincent Sumner (4), James Sumner (3 Wks) are also at the address. 1911 - Sees 15 years old 'Farm Labourer' Thomas living at Kings Moss, Crank, St Helens with parents James (56), Elizabeth (53) and seven siblings: John (31), Mary (24), Kate (22), George (20), Annie (17), Austin (12), Lizzibeth (8).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.

Thomas was born in Billinge on the 14th of September 1895 the tenth of thirteen children of James and Elizabeth Huyton (nee Cook), and was baptised on the 15th of September 1895 at St. Mary's R.C. Church. The family lived at Kings Moss and Thomas enlisted at Rainford to join the Royal Field Artillery. He was serving in the D Howitzer Battery in France when the whole battery took a direct hit on Thursday the 5th of July 1917 and all thirteen men were buried together in the Fosse Number 10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-En-Gohelle, France, grave II.A.12. Thomas was 21 years of age. His name is recorded on both St. Aidan's C.E. Church and St. Mary's R.C. Church Memorials and also on the Upholland Cenotaph. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; St. Mary's Church Registers; 'Over There' a commemorative history of the old Leek Battery 1908-1919. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/HuytonT_RFA.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Gunner Thomas Huyton at Fosse 10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-en-Gohelle (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]