225240 Pte. Thomas Edward Eccleston British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers from:Cannock (d.20th Aug 1918) Thomas Edward Eccleston born 17th May 1893 at Willenenhall, Wolverhampton, his father's name Alfred and mother Anne. Thomas enlisted in the DCLI in 1915 in Walsall, no. 52535 or 52565 (I can't make out on his medal card). Somewhere he transfered to the South Wales Borderers, no. 27655. He had several near misses before being killed in action in the battle for Outtersteene Ridge. He left his wife, Emily Agnes Kathleen, his daughter Dorothy and son Frank Thomas George, who he never met. He is buried in Baileul Outtersteene Communal Cemetery and his name is on the memorials of Willenhall and at Heyes Heath under the name Eccleshall (a misprint of Eccleston).
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