Thomas EMMOTT

11 October 1918

EMMOTT – September 27th, died of wounds in France, Private Tom Emmott, Lincolnshire Regiment, the dearly beloved and only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Emmott, 8 Walton Street, Skipton, aged 19 years.

“Until the day dawns.”

11 October 1918

Private Tom Emmott, Skipton

Mr. and Mrs. Emmott, 18 Walton Street, Skipton, have received official intimation that their only son, Private Tom Emmott, Lincolnshire Regiment, died of wounds on September 27th 1918. A letter of sympathy from the Rev. J. P. Frend, Chaplain, tells how their son was taken to the Clearing Station, and was later buried in the cemetery nearby. In the employ of Mr. Geo. H. Mason, Union Shed, Private Emmott enlisted on March 12th 1917, went out to France on March 31st 1918, and was wounded on April 13th 1918, but did not come to England. A member of Christ Church, and an ‘old boy’ of the Christ Church School, Pte. Emmott was only 19 years old.

In a letter of sympathy to the bereaved parents, a stretcher bearer of the Lincolnshire Regiment says that Private Emmott was in the front line trenches on September 27th, when the enemy sent over some trench mortars, the fragments of which wounded him in the throat and left wrist. The writer of the letter states that he bound up deceased’s wounds and partly carried him to the dressing station. He adds that Private Emmott was a brave lad and bore his wounds wonderfully well, walking through many of the difficult parts on the way to the dressing station.

26 September 1919

EMMOTT – In sad but loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Tom Emmott, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment, who died of wounds Sept. 27th, 1918.

One of the many to answer the call,
For those he loved he gave his all;
Somewhere afar in a soldier’s grave
Lies our loved one among the brave.

From Father, Mother and Sister, 8 Walton Street, Skipton.

01 October 1920

EMMOTT – In ever loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Tom Emmott, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment, who died of wounds September 27th, 1918.

“Time passes, but loving memories still remain.”

From Father, Mother and Sister, 8 Walton Street, Skipton.

30 September 1921

EMMOTT – In loving memory of Pte. T. Emmott, who died of wounds, September 27th, 1918.

From father, mother and sister, 8 Walton Street, Skipton.