Geburtsjahr: 1898

Geburtsort: Portadown, County Armagh, Nordirland, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Student

Land: Ireland

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Captain

Dienstnummer: /

Einberufung datum: 19/16

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

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

Sterbedatum: 18/08/1917

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

Todesursache: Verwundet

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.

9 Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/2505/2). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Verwendete Quellen

Cunliffe Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers : 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970). Verwendete Quellen

Harris Henry, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (the 87th and 89th Regiments of Foot) (London, Leo Cooper, 1972). Verwendete Quellen

McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Verwendete Quellen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/140473

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=6eaaca18-4489-414b-8a74-467deb82e81e

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4014279