Name
Thomas Arthur Askew
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/01/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
417386
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
U. 12.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Letchworth Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Norton
Pre War
Born Birkenhead, son of William Arthur and Louisa Askew, of 42, Green Lane, Letchworth, Herts. Lived at 42 Green Lane, Letchworth. Not recorded there in 1911 Census. Born in Birkenhead. Enlisted in Hitchin, Herts.
Wartime Service
"A" Coy. 'Killed at dawn by snipers as for occasionally lifted a bit'(Sic). Bray-sur-Somme.
Additional Information
Brother Sgt William in RFA DCM promoted to SM - served in Mesopotamia. Five brothers in total in Army. Brother in Kings Royal Rifle Corps and a brother Chief Petty Officer in RNAS.
Acknowledgments
Dan Hill, Janet Capstick, Jonty Wild
