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Surname: HINKLEY
Forename(s): Thomas Joseph
Place of Birth: Shoreditch, Middlesex
Service No: 9318
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 6th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1914-10-22
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 5.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Joseph Hinkley (born 9 January 1889) was the son of James George and Emma Elizabeth Hinkley, née Noakes. James was born at Haggerston and Emma at Shoreditch, Middlesex.
1891 Shoreditch, London Census: 15, Clarence Terrace - Thomas J. Hinkley, aged 2 years, born Shoreditch, son of James G.and Emma E. Hinkley.
1901 Shoreditch, London Census: 50, Essex Street - Thomas Hinkley, aged 12 years, born Shoreditch, son of James and Emma Hinkley.
1911 Tempe, Bloemfontain, Orange Free State, South Africa Census: 1st Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - Private Thomas Joseph Hinkley, aged 23, born Shoreditch, London.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thos. J. Hinkley, 9318, 1st Scottish Rifles. Qualifying date [for 1914 Star]: 15 August 1914.
In the 'Craven Herald' (5 November 1920), a brief mention is made of Thomas Hinkley in a list of wreaths in an article headed 'Steeton's Tribute to the Fallen': 'In Memory of Tom Hinckley, Scottish Rifles'.
Thomas is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby and in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th Division
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13 November 1914
STEETONS ROLL OF HONOUR
Up to date there are now 30 Steeton men who are either serving as regulars, Kitchener’s men or Territorials, who have all volunteered for foreign service. This is considered a fairly good percentage for so small a village, but more men are wanted, and no doubt more will respond to the urgent appeal of Lord Kitchener. The roll of honour is as follows:–
Officers: Charles M. Bateman, Sam H. Clough, Hugh Dixon, Will Clough.
Privates: James Anderson, Willie Barber, John Brooksbank, Colin Casson, Wm. Coppack, Prince Dawson, Fred Ellison, Fred Greenwood (wounded but returned to his regiment), Tom Roberts, Wesley Shone, William Wademan, John Wilson, Alfred Metcalfe, John Peake, William Naylor, Herbert Pickles, Arthur Lee (wounded), James O’Hara, Harry J. Mason. Robert Anderson, Willie Brayshaw, Harold Brooksbank, Spencer Cliffe, Wm. Dove, Tom Fitzsimons, Edgar Geldard (wounded), Tom Moyle, George Stott, Cyril Race, Wm. Henry Teale, John W. Wardman, Archie Metcalfe, Arthur Smith (killed in action), James Walker, Fred Haggas, Cuthbert L. Clarke, Frank Jones, Christopher Walton, Thos. Hinkley, Joseph Jackson (wounded), Thomas Robson, Alfred Taylor, Frank Taylor, Harry Sayers, James Jackson, Clifford Cockshott.
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