Private 25793 Thomas Crosby

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 137732, R.F.A.

Age at death: 26
Date of death: 22nd of January 1917 (Monday)
Born: Runcorn, Cheshire
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Berks Cemetery Extension - I. M. 17.

BMD details:
Marriage: 1st Qtr 1916 Thomas Crosby to Mary J Jones at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1232.

Family details:
Son of John Moses and Frances Jane Crosby; husband of Mary Jane Crosby, of 46, Silkstone St., St. Helens. Widow Mary Jane is sole legatee.

Census details:
1891 - 1 year old Thomas is living at 5 Church View, Runcorn with parents John (28), Frances Jane (25) and brother Samuel (8). 1901 - 11 years old Thomas is living at 8 Manor Street, Peasley Cross, St Helens with his mother Fanny (35) and six siblings: Samuel (18), William (8), Sarah (6), Nellie (4), Fanny (3), John (7 mths). 1911 - Sees 21 years old 'Labourer' Thomas living at 235 Gaskell Street, St Helens with his parents John Moses (48), Frances Jane (45) and eight siblings: William (18), Sarah (16), Nellie (14), Frances (13), John (10), Elsie (8), Albert (6), Doris (3).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=9]Remembered On The Holy Trinity War Memorial, Parr, St Helens.[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/25793ThomasCrosby.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/CrosbyThos.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_people/25793_thomas_crosby.jpg[/pic][caption] Courtesy of laurinlaurin FAG and Ste M[/caption] [b] [/b] [pic]imgs/sppics/T_Crosby_LF.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Thomas Crosby at Berks Cemetery Extension (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]