Name
Thomas Baines Norbury
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/11/1918
46
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Shoeing Smith/Farrier
TS/7250
Army Service Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GLOSSOP CEMETERY
Row B, Grave 5156(U).
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour
Pre War
Son of the late William and Martha (nee DAVIES) Norbury of Knowsley, Lancs.
His parents married 1861 at St Mary’s, Knowsley. William died 1885 in the Prescot, Lancs, district aged 53; Martha died 1915 in the West Derby, Lancs, district aged 78.
Thomas was born 1872 in Knowsley, and baptised 12 May 1872 at St Mary’s, Knowsley.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1881 Census, a scholar aged 8, he lived in Knowsley, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1891 Census, a blacksmith aged 18, he still lived in Knowsley, with his widowed mother and no siblings. On the 1901 Census, a blacksmith aged 28, he was a boarder in Hoylake cum West Kirby, Lancs. On the 1911 Census, a blacksmith aged 37, he lived in Liverpool, Lancs, with his widowed mother and no siblings.
Wartime Service
He does not appear to have been awarded any medals, and died at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, London.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Thomas’ Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing, also appears to be no entry in the Soldiers Died in the Great War dataset.
Recorded as NORBURY T V on the Borough Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
