Thomas Birkett STOCKDALE | Soldier Record | Craven's Part in The Great War

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Surname: STOCKDALE

Forename(s): Thomas Birkett

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 25066

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (Lonsdale)

Division: 32nd Division

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1917-11-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IX. A. 18.

CWGC Cemetery: VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Thomas Birkett Stockdale was the son of Thomas and Jane Stockdale, née Birkett. Thomas, senior, was born at Barbon, Westmorland and Jane at Sedbergh, Yorkshire. Thomas, junior, was the cousin of Private Orlando Cyril Garnett (51575) (q.v.). Jane was the sister of Elizabeth Stainton, the wife of Private Thomas Matthew Stainton (17234) (q.v.).

1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Mount Pleasant - Thomas Stockdale, aged 3 years, born Sedbergh, son of Thomas and Jane Stockdale.

1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Mount Pleasant - Thomas Stockdale, aged 13 years, born Sedbergh, son of Thomas and Jane Stockdale.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas B. Stockdale, 25066, Border Regiment.

The informal title of the 11th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment (Lonsdale) was The Lonsdales.

A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Private Thomas Birkett STOCKDALE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 32nd Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

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SEDBERGH SCHOOL ARCHIVES

(Courtesy of Sedbergh School Archive and Heritage Centre)

SEDBERGH SCHOOL REGISTER 1911

1933 – Stockdale, Thomas Birkett: (Day Boy), son of T. Stockdale, Sedbergh; born November 28th, 1897; left July, 1914. Great War:– Private, Border Regt. Killed in action November 24th, 1917.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (29 December 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

STOCKDALE – Killed in action in France, November 27th, Pte. Thomas Birkett Stockdale, Borders, only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Stockdale, aged 20 years.

The face we loved is now laid low,
His fond true heart is still;
The hand we clasped when we said good-bye,
Lies still in death’s cold chill.

No one knows the parting,
Or what the farewell cost;
But God and His holy angels
Have gained what we have lost.

From his sorrowing father and mother.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (29 December 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

IN MEMORIAM – SEDBERGH

There was a large congregation at the Parish Church on Thursday evening last week, when a memorial service in memory of Pts. Albert Brook[e]s. J.G. Stainton, George Burton and T.B. Stockdale was held. The service was taken by the vicar, the Rev. A.H. Walker and the Rev. A.J.K. Martyn. The hymns, ‘At even ere the sun was set’ and ‘Now the labourer’s task is o’er,’ were sung. At the close of the service the organist, Mr. A.F. Thorne, played the Dead March.

SEDBERGH SCHOOL ARCHIVES

(Courtesy of Sedbergh School Archive and Heritage Centre)

The Sedberghian. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 1. FEBRUARY, 1918 – Obituary Notes.

T.B. STOCKDALE

Private, Border Regiment.

(Killed in action November 27th, 1917).

Thomas Birkett Stockdale entered the School, as a day-boy, in September, 1911, and stayed till the Summer of 1914. He was a boy of unassuming disposition, and very dutiful. After leaving School he was employed in office work with L. & N.W. Railway Company, where he was making steady progress until called up to join the colours. After training at Great Crosby he was sent out to France with a draft on May 24th last year, and was killed on the 27th of November. He was an only child, and we offer our deep sympathy to his parents.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (11 January 1919)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

MR. T. STOCKDALE, SEDBERGH

A familiar figure has been removed by the death of Mr. Thomas Stockdale, which occurred at Mount Pleasant, Sedbergh, on Saturday, at the age of 50, owing to an internal complaint. Mr. Stockdale served his apprenticeship with Mr. Matthew Sedgwick, as a joiner and cabinet maker, and for the past 23 years had been in the employ of Messrs. Punch and Son. He leaves a widow. Their only son was killed in France in November last year.

RAILWAYMEN OF CUMBRIA: A Roll of Honour in remembrance of those who gave their lives in the service of their country during the Great War 1914-1918

(Researched and compiled by Peter Robinson - Cumbrian Railways Association, 2008)

Private THOMAS BIRKETT STOCKDALE No. 25066 (Junior Clerk, Carlisle)
Border Regiment, 11th Battalion
Died: 27 November 1917, aged 20; buried at the New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinge, near Ypres, Belgium.
Only son of Thomas and Jane Stockdale of Sedbergh, Yorkshire.

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