Gunner 138437 Thomas Ellis
Gunner Thomas Ellis
Regiment/Unit: Royal Horse Artillery - 52nd Bty. 15th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 26th of October 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: La Clytte Military Cemetery - III. F. 9.
BMD details:
Marriage: 4th Qt 1912 Thomas Ellis to Alice Rigby at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1312.
Family details:
Son of William and Sarah Ellis; husband of Alice Rotherham (formerly Ellis), of 37, Talbot St., St. Helens.
Census details:
1891 - 1 years old Thomas is living at 42 Waterloo Street, St Helens with parents William (30), Sarah (25) and two siblings: Alice (6), William (4). Boarding at the address is Robert Owen (25) and Patrick Douray (19). 1901 - 11 years old Thomas is living at 67, Wilson Street, St Helens with parents William (42), Sarah (34) and four siblings: William (14), Margaret (6), James (3), Edith (1). 1911 - Sees 21 years old Thomas serving in the Military with the R F Res Arty at Fulwood, Preston.
Notes:
The 1891 census gives Thomas's birthplace as Ormskirk.
The 1891 census gives Thomas's birthplace as Ormskirk.
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[caption]From St Helens Co-operative Book of Remembrance[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/T_Ellis_RFA_zps8015016e.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Gunner Thomas Ellis at La Clytte Military Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
