Sapper
Thomas Conway Kitchin
Military Details
Service Number: 160376
Regiment & Unit / Ship
97th Field Coy Royal Engineers
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Sapper
Battalion at Enlistment
97th Field Coy
Service Number at Enlistment
160376
Service History
Battalion War Diary Extract
Sapper, Corps: Royal Engineers
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1891
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Address
11 Queen Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
Waterworks House, Wath Brow, Cleator Moor (The White House)
Residence (Roll of Honour)
11 Queen Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
Son of Henry & Catherine Kitchin nee Mckinzie
Siblings
Stanley, Mary Elizabeth
Married
Mary Marguerita Kitchin nee Bewley
Education and Occupation
Occupation
APPRENTICE HOUSE PLUMBER
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
22nd March 1915
Age at Death
27
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Royal Engineers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
97th Field Coy
Rank at Death
Sapper
Notes
Parent lived at Waterworks , Dent , Cleator
Buried or Commemorated at
POZIERES MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Panel 10 to 13
Private Memorial: St Johns War memorial
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