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Surname: WARREN
Forename(s): Thomas
Place of Birth: Dukinfield, Cheshire
Service No: 18541
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Border Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 29th Division
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1915-12-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: H. 81.
CWGC Cemetery: LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Thomas Warren was the son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Warren (née -).
Thomas, junior, was married to Elizabeth Preston in 1904.
1911 Grimethorpe, Yorkshire Census: 156, New Buildings - Thos. Warren, aged 32 years, born Duckinfield [sic], Cheshire, husband of Elizabeth Warren.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Warren, 18541, 2 Border R. Theatre of War first served in: 1 [France]. Date of entry therein: 22.4.15. K. in A. 18.12.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Warren, 18541, 2nd Border Regt.; 1st Border Regt.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Warren, 18541, 1st Bn Border Regt. Date and Place of Death: 18.12.15. In action Dardanelles. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and sole legatee - Elizabeth. £6 4s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Elizabeth, born 6.1.78. Address 1. 2, Mamby Court, Hunslet, Leeds. Address 2. 19, Fleeces Cottages, Meadow Lane, Leeds. Children: Gladys Lund Preston, illegitimate step-child, born 17.7.01. Elizabeth, born 6.4.05. Thomas William, born 17.3.07. Arthur, born 27.9.08. Harold, born 1.9.10. Daniel, born 23.9.13.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Border Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 29th Division
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21 January 1916
INGLETON – WAR ITEMS: ANOTHER DEATH IN THE DARDANELLES
The following time-expired Territorials (6th Duke of Wellington's) are now at home:- Corporal T. Walker,
Corporal J. T. Marsden, Pte. J. T. Bradley, Pte. T. Redhead, Pte. S. Hobbs.
The first four have spent nearly a year at the Front. Pte. G. Wadeson is home on sick leave and Pte. H. Duncan on furlough. Several of the men, who recently attested under Lord Derby's scheme, received their armlets on Monday last. On Saturday Mr. H. Nash attested at Lancaster, and Mr. H. Slinger made a second attempt, but was rejected on medical grounds at Settle. Mrs. Warren, who resides at the Model Village, received intimation from the War Office on Tuesday evening that her husband was killed in the Dardanelles on December 18th. Pte. Warren, who was in the Border Regiment, leaves six young children as well as a widow to be cared for by the nation.
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