Thomas Alexander DINSDALE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: DINSDALE

Forename(s): Thomas Alexander

Place of Birth: Hunslet, Yorkshire

Service No: 11484

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: 28

Date of Death: 1918-07-29

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXIX. A. 19.

CWGC Cemetery: NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Thomas Alexander Dinsdale was the son of William and Alice Dinsdale, née Steinbeck. William was born at Hunslet and Alice at Hull, Yorkshire.

1901 Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 5, Askern Place - Tom Dinsdale, aged 9 years, born Leeds, son of William and Alice Dinsdale.

1911 Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 8, Leasowe Street, Balm Road - Thomas Dinsdale, aged 19 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Alice Dinsdale, widow.

Thomas was married to Janet Fairbank in 1914.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: A/Cpl Alexander Dinsdale, 11484, Yorkshire Light Infantry. Theatre of War (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 18 May 1915. Missing.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: A/Cpl Alexander Dinsdale, 11484, 6th Yorks L.I.; 12th Yorks L.I.; 1/4th Yorks L.I. Pres. Dead 29.7.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Alexander Dinsdale, 11484, 1/4 K.O.Y.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 29.7.18. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Janet. £27 6s. 1d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Alexander. Name(s) on card(s): Wife: Janet, born 4.4.90. Address 1. 44, Otley Street, Skipton, Yorks. Address 2. 6, Queens Street, Skipton, Yorks. Children: Dorritt Dinsdale, born 24.3.15.

The 1921 Census shows that Janet and her daughter were living at 16, Rectory Lane, Skipton. Janet died in 1939. Dorritt married Bertie Wilkin in 1933. She died in 1980.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

DINSDALE, Thomas Alexander, 1918. [Additional]

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