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Surname: STAINTON
Forename(s): Thomas Matthew
Place of Birth: Cautley, Yorkshire
Service No: 17234
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 2nd Battalion
Division: 28th Division
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1916-10-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 636.
CWGC Cemetery: SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Thomas Matthew Stainton was the son of John and Jane Stainton, née Walling. John was born at Cautley, Yorkshire and Jane at Lyth, Westmorland.
1881 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Back Yard - Thomas M. Stainton, aged 5 years, born Cautley, Yorkshire, son of John and Jane Stainton.
1891 Whinfell, Westmorland Census: Craketrees - Thos Mathew Stainton, aged 15 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire. [Thomas was employed by Edmund Robinson Martindale, Farmer.]
1901 Killington, Westmorland Census: Greenholme - Thos. Matthew Stainton, aged 25 years, born Cautley, Yorkshire. [Edward was employed by James Waller, Farmer.]
Thomas was married to Elizabeth Birkett in 1901. Elizabeth was the aunt of Private Thomas Birkett Stockdale (25066) (q.v.).
1911 Clayton Green, Chorley, Lancashire Census: Sheep Hill Lane - Thomas Matthew Stainton, aged 35 years, born Sedburgh, Yorkshire, husband of Elizabeth Stainton.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas M. Stainton, 17234, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Theatre of War: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 4 May 1915. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Matthew Stainton, 17234, 2 R. Lanc. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Matthew Stainton, 17234, 2nd Batt Royal Lancs. Reg. Date and Place of Death: 26.10.16. Salonika. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Sole Legatee - Elizabeth. £11 2s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas. Card states that Thomas died of malaria.
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: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 28th Division
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I was honoured to visit the grave of my grandfather in 2016, on behalf of the 7 children of his youngest son Thomas, a hundred years after his death.