Geburtsjahr: 1898

Geburtsort: Portadown, County Armagh, Vereinigtes Königreich, Nordirland

Beruf: Student

Land: Ireland

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Captain

Dienstnummer: /

Einberufung datum: 19/16

Einberufung ort: Portadown, County Armagh, Vereinigtes Königreich, Nordirland

Einheiten:  —  Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 18/08/1917

Sterbeort: No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, Belgien

Todesursache: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Alter: 19

1914-15 Star Medaille

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

On 16 August 1917, the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers came under heavy enemy fire. They reached Gallipoli and Hill 35 but the positions were impossible to hold. Due to German counter attacks they had to fall back to their starting position. Thomas was wounded during this attack, he had a gunshot wound to the throat. The 9th Battalion left the line on 17 September and moved to Vlamertinge. Captain Shillington was taken back to the N°3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station in Brandhoek (a hamlet of Vlamertinge), where he died of his wounds on 18 September.

Ancestry http://www.ancestry.com/ Verwendete Quellen

CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/140473/SHILLINGTON,%20THOMAS%20GRAHAM Verwendete Quellen

Famous Regiments, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, Henry Harris Verwendete Quellen

The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Verwendete Quellen

The Royal Irish Fusiliers 1793-1968, Marcus Cunliffe Verwendete Quellen

The Third Ypres Passchendaele Day-By-Day Account, McCarthy Chris Verwendete Quellen

War Diary 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers aug 1917 Verwendete Quellen