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Surname: BALDWIN
Forename(s): Thomas
Place of Birth: Eastburn, Yorkshire
Service No: 267218
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1917-05-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Joint grave. H. 19.
CWGC Cemetery: DOUAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Baldwin was the son of Francis and Ellen Baldwin, née Dawson. Francis was born at Farnhill and Ellen at Cowling, Yorkshire. Thomas was the cousin of Private Prince Dawson (2757) (q.v.).
1891 Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: 11, Keighley Road - Tom Baldwin, aged 2 years, born Eastburn, son of Francis and Ellen Baldwin.
1901 Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: 34, Main Road - Thomas Baldwin, aged 12 years, born Eastburn, son of Francis and Ellen Baldwin.
1911 Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: 34, Main Road - Thomas Baldwin, aged 22 years, born Eastburn, son of Francis and Ellen Baldwin.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Baldwin, 267218, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Baldwin, 267218, 2 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 4.5.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Baldwin, 267218, 2nd Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 4.5.17. Douai. Officially accepted. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Ellen. £9 14s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Thomas Baldwin, 5145, 267218, 2nd West Riding. Date and cause of death: 4.5.17 died of wounds prisoner of war. Dependant: Mrs Ellen Baldwin. Relationship: Mother. Address: Harewood Cottages, Steeton Nr Keighley.
1914-1918 – Prisoners of the First World War – ICRC Historical Archives: Pte Thomas Baldwin, 5145, 'D' Coy 2/6th D.O.W. Taken: 3.5.17 – Gavrelle – wounded (abdomen). Died Lazarett Ste. Clotilde – Douai.
1914-1919: T. Baldwin, 267218. Platoon/section XVI. Company D. Battalion 2. Regiment Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Date reported missing or wounded 3.5.17. Enquiry date 20.7.17.
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:
BALDWIN, Thomas, West Riding Regiment, Harewood Cottages, [Steeton], died of wounds May 1917.
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Private Thomas BALDWIN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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29 June 1917
STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN - WAR NEWS
Mrs. F. Baldwin, Harewood Cottages, Eastburn, would be pleased to receive from any of his soldier pals of the ----- Duke of Wellington's, news of her son, Private Thomas Baldwin, from whom she has received no communication for over two months.
31 August 1917
BALDWIN - Died from wounds received in action, May 1917, Private Thomas Baldwin, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, son of Mrs. Frank Baldwin, Harewood Cottages, Steeton.
31 August 1917
STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN - Died of Wounds
After having for several months failed to obtain any reliable information from any source respecting her son, Private Thomas Baldwin, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Mrs. Frank Baldwin, Harewood Cottages, Steeton, during last week had an official communication informing her that her son had died of wounds last May.
Private Baldwin, previous to enlisting, was a warp dresser in the employ of Messrs. Knox, manufacturers, Silsden, and was a prominent player in the Eastburn Cricket Club's first eleven. In the offensive, which took place early in May on the Western Front, he was seen by several comrades to have been wounded.
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