Information about birth

Year of birth:
1886
Place of birth:
Eston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

General information

Last known residence:
Eston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Profession:
Foreman

Army information

Country:
England, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Sergeant
Service number:
5496
Enlistment place:
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  Northumberland Fusiliers, 11th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
14/10/1917
Place of death:
Reutel, Beselare, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
31

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: XLIX.
Row: H
Grave: 1-8

Distinctions and medals 3

Points of interest 4

#1 Place of birth
#2 Last known residence
#3 Enlistment place
#4 Place of death (approximate)

My story

Thomas Feasby was the son of Catherine and Joseph Feasby. He was born around 1886 in Eston, Yorkshire. Before the war Thomas worked as a foreman and lived in Eston, Yorkshire. He enlisted in the British army and was as a Sergeant part of the 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (68th Brigade, 23rd Division).

Thomas was killed on 14 October 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. Two days earlier, his battalion had taken up positions near Reutel, in the right sector of the 68th Brigade's front area. On 13 October, the A Company of the 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers came under heavy shelling. In the early morning of 14 October, the shelling moved to the positions of C Company of the battalion.

Thomas body was missing for a long time and his name was commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial. In 2018, nine bodies were found during archaeological excavations on Oude Wervikstraat in Beselare, seven of which could be identified. Among them was Thomas Feasby, 32 years. Since 2021, he has been buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery.

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11 Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), British Army war diaries 1914-1922, WO 95/2182/4).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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68 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2181/6).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 372).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 372).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used
Verdegem, Simon; e.a. 'Vermist in de Ypres Salient. Negen gesneuvelden in de Oude Wervikstraat in Beselare'. (Brussel: Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed, 2023).
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