Drummer 9529 John Thomas Fairhurst
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: India
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 7th of August 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Delhi Memorial India Gate - Face 23.
Family details:
Next of Kin from attestation papers: Mr Thomas Fairhurst (father), 144, Park Road, Parr, St Helens. Mother: Jane.
Census details:
John Thomas is shown as THOMAS in the 1901 census. 1901 - 8 years old John T is living at 19 Double Locks, Haydock with widowed father Thomas (32) and sisters Edith (7), Alice (6). Also at the address is grandmother Isabella Ashurst (63). John T enlists into the 5th South Lancashire Regiment on 11/04/1910. 1911 - Not at 144 Park Road, St Helens with remarried father Thomas, stepmother Jane, siblings and step siblings.
Notes:
Age taken from attestation papers.
Age taken from attestation papers.
