Année de naissance: 1898

Lieu de naissance: Portadown, County Armagh, Royaume-Uni, Irlande du Nord

Profession: Student

Pays: Ireland

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Captain

Numéro de service: /

Incorporation date: 19/16

Incorporation nom de lieu: Portadown, County Armagh, Royaume-Uni, Irlande du Nord

Unités:  —  Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 18/08/1917

Lieu de décès: No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, Belgique

Cause du décès: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Âge: 19

1914-15 Star Médaille

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

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/ Sources utilisées

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

Famous Regiments, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, Henry Harris Sources utilisées

The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources utilisées

The Royal Irish Fusiliers 1793-1968, Marcus Cunliffe Sources utilisées

The Third Ypres Passchendaele Day-By-Day Account, McCarthy Chris Sources utilisées

War Diary 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers aug 1917 Sources utilisées