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Surname: HACKSTON
Forename(s): Thomas
Place of Birth: Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: 265701
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1918-04-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Hackston was the son of William and Sarah Ann Hackston, née Clough. William was born at Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire and Sarah at Glusburn, Yorkshire.
1891 Salford, Lancashire Census: 28, Back Roman Road - Thomas Hackston, aged 2 years, born Bradford, Yorkshire, son of William and Sarah Ann Hackston.
1901 Salford, Lancashire Census: 14, Back Roman Road - Thomas Hackston, aged 12 years, born Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, son of William and Sarah Ann Hackston.
1911 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 25, Gordon Street - Thomas Hackston, aged 22 years, born Sutton-in-Craven, son of Sarah Ann Hackston, widow.
Thomas was married to Elsie Dickinson in 1915.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Hackston, 2708, 265701, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 29 June 1915.
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
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:
HACKSTON, Tom, [Sutton], aged 29, West Riding Regiment, killed in action May 1, 1918.
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Private Thomas HACKSTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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