Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
17/02/1884
Geboorteplaats:
Leeds, Yorkshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Laatst gekende woonplaats:
Blackpool, Lancashire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Beroep:
Ketelmaker

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
205359
Dienstneming plaats:
Halifax, Yorkshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1/5th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
11/03/1918
Plaats van overlijden:
Zonnebeke Château Grounds, Zonnebeke, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
34

Begraafplaats

Perth Cemetery (China Wall)
Plot: V
Rij: A
Graf: 18

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 4

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Laatst gekende woonplaats
#3 Dienstneming plaats
#4 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

Tom Crawshaw Tetley, a former boiler stoker, was born on February 17, 1884 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Thomas and Jane Tetley. He was married to Emily Silkstone on April 22, 1905 and had three sons. He lived in Marton, Blackpoool, Lancashire. He enlisted in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He served in the 1/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), part of the 146th (West Riding) Brigade of the 49th (West Riding) Division.

The Battalion was positioned near Broodseinde Ridge, from November 7, 1918 onwards, and provided working parties. On November 10, the Battalion was detailed to collect sufficient barbed wire and pickets for 1000 yards of double-apron fence, during which they were heavily shelled. On November 11, the Battalion provided working parties as the previous days. It was a fairly quiet day with only slight shelling. The Battalion was relieved in the evening.

Tom, aged 34, was killed in action on March 11, 1918. Private Tetley was initially buried where he fell, near Zonnebeke Lake (28.D.28.a.40.50). After the war, his remains were exhumed and reinterred in the Perth China Wall Cemetery, Plot V, Row A, Grave 18.

Bronnen 2

1/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 95/2794/1).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Gebruikte bronnen
War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 363).
https://www.ancestry.com/
Gebruikte bronnen

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