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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.
In 1921 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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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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