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Surname: BULLOCK

Forename(s): Thomas Edward

Place of Birth: Clitheroe, Lancashire

Service No: 92188

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion

Division: 11th (Northern) Division

Age: 38

Date of Death: 1917-10-04

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 99 to 102.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: GRINDLETON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Thomas Edward Bullock (born 20 December 1879) was the son of William and Ann Bullock, née Wilson and brother of Private Rainford William (Wilson?) Bullock, 203385, 2/4th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who was killed in action 26 October 1917 during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Second Battle of Passchendaele, 26 October-10 November. Both brothers are commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Their father was born at Clitheroe and mother at Chipping, Lancashire.

1881 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 5. Lowergate - Thomas E. Bullock, aged 1 year, born Clitheroe, son of William and Ann Bullock.

1891 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 67, Shaw Bridge Street - Edward Bullock, aged 11 years, born Clitheroe, son of William and Ann Bullock.

1901 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 103, Taylor Street - Thomas E. Bullock, aged 21 years, born Clitheroe, son of William and Ann Bullock.

Thomas was married to Mary Alice Smalley in 1905.

1911 Grindleton, Yorkshire Census: Stone Hill Cottage - Thomas Edward Bullock, aged 31 years, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, husband of Mary Alice Bullock.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas E. Bullock, 92188, Notts & Derby R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Edward Bullock, 92188, 9th Bn Notts & Derby R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Edward Bullock, 92188, 9th S. Bn Notts & Derby. Date and Place of Death: 4.10.17 in action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary A. £5 2s. 4d. Self and children. War Gratuity: Widow - Mary A. £12 0s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mary Alice, born 11.6.84. Address 1. 45, York Street, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Address 2. 27, Cobden Street, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Address 3. 12, Commercial Street, Barnoldswick. Children: Edward, born 10.4.07. Stanley, born 31.8.12.

Thomas was killed in action during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Battle of Broodseinde, 4 October.

A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Photograph: ‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (2 November 1917).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Private Thomas Edward BULLOCK

Private Thomas Edward BULLOCK

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division

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

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: BULLOCK

Forename(s): Thomas Edward

Born: Lancaster

Residence: Barnoldswick, Yorks

Enlisted: Clitheroe, Lancs

Number: 92188

Rank: Private

Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Battalion: 9th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 04/10/17

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly T4/059605, R.A.S.C.

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: BULLOCK

Forename(s): Thomas Edward

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 92188

Rank: Private

Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)

Unit: 9th Bn.

Age: 38

Awards:

Died Date: 04/10/1917

Additional Information: Son of William and Ann Bullock, of 103, Jubilee Terrace, Clitheroe; husband of Mary Alice Bullock, of 12, Commercial St., Barnoldswick, Lancs.

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'Clitheroe Advertiser' (2 November 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

LATE PRIVATE T.E. BULLOCK

There are many old friends in Clitheroe and Grindleton who will hear with regret of the death in action of Private T.E. Bullock, of the Sherwood Foresters, third son of Mr. William Bullock who farmed the land adjacent to Jubilee mill. Mrs. Bullock (his mother) is now living at the Waddington Hospital.

In his 39th year, Private Bullock served about two and a half years in the A.S.C. before being drafted into the infantry, and he had only been in the line two months when he fell in action on the 4th October. He left Clitheroe about a dozen years ago, removing to Grindleton where he was employed on Kempstone Farm by Mr. Robinson. After he joined the Army his wife and two sons went to live at Barnoldswick.

'Clitheroe Advertiser' (9 November 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

DOUBLE BEREAVEMENTS

Two sons killed within a month is a terrible experience which has befallen Mrs. Bullock, who lives at Waddington Almshouses. On October 4th, her third son, Private T.E. Bullock, Sherwood Foresters, met his death in action and, yesterday morning, Mr. J. Bullock, Jubilee-terrace, was officially notified that Private Rainford W. Bullock, the fourth son, made the great sacrifice on Oct. 26. He joined the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. in October, 1916, and was sent to France last January. He was 33 years of age, and worked for Messrs. Carter's cement works. Prior to entering the employ of Messrs. Carters, however, he was in the service of Mr. Sam Berry, Mearley. He was unmarried. Another son, Private Edgar Bullock, is at present in hospital in Mesopotamia suffering from malarial fever, and general sympathy will go out to the grief-stricken mother and family.

A further double bereavement is reported from Dalehead, Mr. Carr having lost another son in action on the 24th ulto. It was only last week that we published the photograph of his son, John, of the Grenadier Guards, who died on October 14th.

Grindleton War Memorial – Biographical Notes by Shirley Penman

THOMAS BULLOCK, son of William and Ann nee Wilson married 6-3-1872, St. Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe. Husband of Mary Alice nee Smalley married 1905 St. Ambrose, Grindleton. Thomas’s brother - Rainford William, also fell, 22 days later than Thomas. Their mother had gone to live in the almshouses at Waddington. Thomas’s wife and two sons had gone to live in Barnoldswick when he enlisted in the army. Born in Clitheroe, enlisting in Clitheroe his residence is described as Barnoldswick.

Commemorated on:

Barnoldswick Memorial
Grindleton Memorial

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