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Surname: WADDICOR
Forename(s): Thomas Arthur
Place of Birth: Darwen, Lancashire
Service No: 24154
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1917-04-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. A. 9.
CWGC Cemetery: GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Arthur Waddicor was the son of Arthur and Ada Jane Waddicor, née Lomax (who died in 1910). Arthur was born at Darwen and Ada at Edgeworth, Lancashire.
1901 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 13, Vicar's Row - Thomas A. Waddicor, aged 3 years, born Darwen, Lancashire, son of Arthur and Ada J. Waddicor.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 5, Bethesda Street - Thomas Waddicor, aged 14 years, born Darwen, Lancashire, son of Arthur and [stepson of] Mary Ann Waddicor. [Arthur married Mary Ann Trayford in 1910. Mary was the aunt of Private Alfred James Trayford (195508) (q.v.).]
The British Army Service Record for Thomas Arthur Waddicor exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas A. Waddicor, 24154, W. Rid. R. Died of Wds 27.4.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Arthur Waddicor, 24154, 1/7 W. Rid. R.; 8 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 27.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Arthur Waddicor, 24154, 8th Bn. W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 27.4.17 No. 3. C.C.S. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Arthur. £18 18s. 1d.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WADDICOR, Thomas Arthur, aged 19, West Riding Regiment, 17, Rushton Street, [Earby], died of wounds April 27, 1917.
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Private Thomas Arthur WADDICOR
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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11 May 1917
WADDICOR – April 27th 1917 at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France, from wounds received in action, Pte. Thos. Arthur Waddicor, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, 17, Rushton Street, Earby.
11 May 1917
EARBY – SOLDIER’S DEATH FROM WOUNDS
Mr. Arthur Waddicor, 17, Rushton Street, Earby, has received official news of the death of his son, Pte. Thomas Arthur Waddicor, Duke of Wellington’s, which took place from gunshot wounds at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France, on the 27th April. He was 19 years of age, and had been in France nine months. Previous to enlisting, shortly after the outbreak of war, he was employed as a weaver by Messrs. C. Shuttleworth’s Ltd., Victoria Mill. An index to his cheerful and sanguine temperament is furnished in the last letter he wrote home, penned a day or two before his death, in which occurs this sentence “I am in the pink, and have nothing to grumble at.”
Pte. James Dawson, East Lancashire Regt., son of Mrs. Dawson, 5 Albion Road, Earby, is reported wounded in France. In a letter, the Chaplain of the Regiment writes:– “He has some bad wounds, but not, I believe, dangerous. He is bearing it all very bravely, but I am afraid he won’t be able to write you himself for some time.”
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11 May 1917
WADDICOR – Died of wounds in France, April 27th, Pte. Thos. Arthur Waddicor, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. Arthur Waddicor, of 17, Ruston Street, Earby, aged 19 years.
11 May 1917
EARBY SOLDIER’S DEATH FROM WOUNDS
Mr. Arthur Waddicor, 17, Rushton Street, Earby, has received official news of the death of his son, Pte. Thos. Arthur Waddicor, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, which took place, from gunshot wounds at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France, on the 11th April. He was 19 years of age, and had been in. France nine months. Previous to enlisting, shortly after the outbreak of war, he was employed as a weaver at Messrs. G. Shuttleworth’s Ltd., Victoria Mill. An index to his cheerful and sanguine temperament is furnished in the last letter he wrote home, penned a day or two before his death, in which occurs the sentence:– “I am in the pink, and have nothing to grumble at.”
26 April 1918
In loving memory of my dear grandson and nephew, Pte. T.A. Waddicor, of Earby, late of Carleton, who was killed in action April 27th, 1917.
How hard it is to part with those
We hold on earth so dear,
The heart no greater trial knows
No sorrow more sincere.
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