Serjeant 17504 Thomas Crosby

Regiment/Unit: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 24/09/1915

Date of death: 4th of September 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 102 to 104.

BMD details:
Marriage: 10/09/1910 Thomas CROSBY to Eleanor JONES at Parr St Peter's, St Helens.

Family details:
Widow Eleanor is sole legatee.

Census details:
1891 - 6 years old schoolboy Thomas is living at 41 Cyril street, St Helens with parents John (50), Elizabeth (44) and six siblings: John A (18), Maggie (15), Richard (11), Jane (9), Polly (4), Pheobe A (1). 1901 - 17 years old 'Apprentice Glass Cutter' Thomas is living at 2 Dilloway Street, St Helens with parents John (58), Elizabeth (54) and four siblings: Richard (22), Mary E (14), Pheobe A (12) and brother William Crosby (30) with his wife Edith Crosby (30). 1911 - Sees 28 years old 'Cold Bottle Packer' Thomas living at 69 Gladstone Street, St Helens with wife Eleanor Crosby (22) and son John Thomas Crosby (Under 1 mth).

Notes:
M.M.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/17504ThomasCrosby.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/CrosbyThos_1.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/T_Crosby_LNL.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Serjeant Thomas Crosby on the Tyne Cot Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]