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Surname: RUSSELL
Forename(s): Thomas
Place of Birth: Castle Bolton, Yorkshire
Service No: P/2584
Rank: A/L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Military Police Corps (Foot Branch)
Battalion / Unit: MilItary Foot Police
Division: ---
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1918-01-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 6. C. 17.
CWGC Cemetery: DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Thomas Russell was the son of William and Agnes Thwaite Russell, née Dinsdale and brother of L/Corporal William Russell (183931) (q.v.). William, senior, was born at Castle Bolton and Agnes at Mossdale, near Hawes, Yorkshire. Agnes was the cousin of Private Thomas Thwaite (242720) (q.v.).
1891 Walden, Yorkshire Census: Hargill - Thomas Russell, aged 3 years, born Castle Bolton, Yorkshire, son of William and Agnes Russell.
1901 Castle Bolton, Yorkshire Census: Thos Russell, aged 13 years, born Castle Bolton. [Thomas and his father, William, were living with William's sister, Ann McGregor, widow.]
Thomas Russell was married to Lucy Ann Yarker in 1909.
1911 Manchester, Lancashire Census: 15, Woodville Terrace, Moston - Thomas Russell, aged 23 years, born Castle Bolton, Yorkshire, husband of Lucy Ann Russell.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl T. Russell, P/2584, Military Foot Police.
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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