Tom OLDFIELD

Main CPGW Record

Surname: OLDFIELD

Forename(s): Tom

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 20087

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 9th (Service) Battalion

Division: 17th (Northern) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-04-25

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Tom Oldfield was the son of John William and Mary Oldfield, née Hawkins. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire.

1901 Skipton,Yorkshire Census: 34, Castle Street - Tom Oldfield, aged 4 years, born Skipton, son of John W. and Mary Oldfield.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 7, George Street - Tom Oldfield, aged 14 years, born Newmarket Street, Skipton, son of J.W. and Mary Oldfield.

Tom's mother, Mary, married William Fawcett in 1915.

The British Army Service Record for Tom Oldfield exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Tom Oldfield, 20087, W. Rid. R. Pres. Dead 25.4.17.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Tom Oldfield, 20087, 9th W. Rid. R. Pres. Dead 25.4.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Tom Oldfield, 20087, 9th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 25.4.17. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Mary Fawcett. £6 6s. 10d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Tom.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

OLDFIELD, Tom. [Additional]

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