Serjeant 544 Thomas Armstrong
The Local Newspaper
Courtesy Jeff Keenan
Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 16th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 10th of July 1917
Born: Bolton, Lancs
Resided: Manchester
Burial / Memorial: Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetry - I. B. 26.
BMD details:
Marriage: 1st Qtr 1914. Thomas Armstrong to Edith M Roby at Bury, Lancashire. Vol 8c - Page 794
Family details:
Next of kin from MIC. Mrs E.M Armstrong, 22 Bentinck Street, off Sutton Road, St Helens. Widow & sole Legatee: Edith M.
Census details:
1891 - 4 years old Thomas is living at 40 Soho street, Bolton with parents John (31), Catherine (31) and sisters Mary E (6), Sarah A (1). 1901 - 14 years old 'Ba??? Master' Thomas, brother John (18) and sister Sarah A (11) are living at 17 Dawes Street, Bolton with widowed grandmother Ann Armstrong (69). 1911 - Sees 24 years old 'Drummer' Thomas serving with the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers and based in India.
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/544ThomasArmstrong.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/544_Armstrong_T.jpg[/pic][caption]The Local Press - Courtesy Jeff Keemam[/caption]
