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Surname: HALL
Forename(s): Thomas Leighton
Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire
Service No: 60213
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 3rd Division
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1918-06-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. K. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Leighton Hall was the son of Anthony and Mary Hall, née Leighton. Both parents were born at Sedbergh, Yorkshire.
1881 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Mortar Pits - Thomas Hall, aged 1 year, born Sedbergh, son of Anthony and Mary Hall.
1891 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Mortar Pits Cottages, Soolbank - Thos Hall, aged 11 years, born Sedbergh, son of Anthony and Mary Hall.
Thomas was married to Elizabeth Macdonald Dingwall in 1908. Elizabeth was born at Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Thomas Leighton Hall, aged 31 years, born Sedbergh, husband of Elizabeth Macdonald Hall.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl Thomas L. Hall, P/3535, M.M.P. [Military Mounted Police]; 60213, North'd Fus.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Leighton Hall, P/3535, Mil. M. Police; 60213, 1st North'd Fus. K. in A.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Leighton Hall, 60213, 1st Bn North. Fus. Date and Place of Death: Fance of Belgium 23.6.18. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Elizabeth M. £8 10s. 9d. self and child. War Gratuity: Widow - Elizabeth M. £9 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Elizabeth McDonald, born 14.8.28[82]. Address: Main Street, Sedburgh, Yorks. Children: Donald, born 14.8.08. Tom (Andrew), born 29.11.10. Ida, born 12.12.14.
The 1939 Register shows that Elizabeth was living at 24, Fairholme, Sedbergh. Elizabeth died in 1955.
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
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Thomas Leighton HALL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 3rd Division
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Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of David Shackleton
The Sedbergh men who gave their lives
Centre panel - Top row (l-r): Corporal John Charles Leighton, Private Edwin Storey, Private Miles Capstick, Pioneer Fred Teesdale Bushby. Second row (l-r): Sergeant Harry Lyddington Mason, Gunner George Armstrong Thompson, Private Harold Hardy Pearson, Private Noel Bennett. Third row (l-r): Private Albert Brookes, Private John Giles Stainton, Private Henry James Clemmet, L/Corporal Thomas William Clemmet. Fourth row (l-r): Private Thomas Leighton Hall, Private Joseph Charles Bateman
Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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