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Thomas WADE

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Surname: WADE

Forename(s): Thomas

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 32418

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion

Division: 57th (2/West Lancashire) Division

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1918-05-07

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: D. 38.

CWGC Cemetery: COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Thomas Wade was the son of James and Mary Ann Wade, née Phillip. James was born in the Silsden Moor area and Mary at Skipton, Yorkshire.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 2/4, Rowland Street - Thomas Wade, aged 3 years, born Skipton, son of James and Mary A. Wade.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 20, Newmarket Street - Thomas Wade, aged 12 years, born Skipton, son of James and Mary Ann Wade.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Wade, M2/222149, A.S.C.; 32418, S. Lan. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Wade, M2/222149, R.A.S.C.; 32418, 2/4th South Lancs.

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

WADE, Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade, 20, Newmarket Street, Skipton, killed in action May, 7, 1918.

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Private Thomas WADE

Private Thomas WADE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 57th (2/West Lancashire) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 57th (2/West Lancashire) Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: WADE

Forename(s): Thomas

Born: Skipton, Yorks

Residence: Skipton

Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks

Number: 32418

Rank: Private

Regiment: Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

Battalion: 2/4th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 07/05/18

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly 222149, R.A.S.C. (M.T.)

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: WADE

Forename(s): Thomas

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 32418

Rank: Private

Regiment: South Lancashire Regiment

Unit: 2nd/4th Bn.

Age: 20

Awards:

Died Date: 07/05/1918

Additional Information: Son of James and Mary A. Wade, of 20, Newmarket St., Skipton, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: SON OF JAMES & MARY A. WADE SKIPTON, YORKS)

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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

1932

WADE James of 20 Newmarket-street Skipton Yorkshire died 9 January 1932 Administration London 11 April to Mary Ann Wade widow. Effects £1217 12s. 10d.

1934

WADE Mary Ann of 17 Devonshire-terrace Skipton Yorkshire widow died 26 March 1934 Probate Wakefield 27 April to Kathleen Wade spinster. Effects £1188 14s. 9d.

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Craven Herald and Wensleydale Standard Logo

24 May 1918

WADE – Killed in action on the Western Front, May 7th, 1918, Private Thomas Wade, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade, 20 Newmarket Street, Skipton.

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