Lc Cpl .
Thomas Dakin
Military Details
Service Number: 11262
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Battalion Border Regiment
Enlisted
11 Sept 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
11 Sept 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
11262
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1873
Place of Birth
Coniston
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
16 Scalegill Place , Moor Row
Parents
John & Mary Jane Dakin lived at Montreal St Cleator Moor
Siblings
Margaret,Dinah,Nancy ,Henry ,George,Thomas
Married
Margaret ( nee Armstrong) married 1897
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Work Address
Crowgarth Pit
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
19th April 1916
Age at Death
41
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Fricourt
Theater of Action
Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd Battalion
Rank at Death
Lc Cpl .
Buried or Commemorated at
CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
France
Grave Position: V.D.9
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial , St Marys RC Church WW1 memorial
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