Private
Thomas T Nanson
Military Details
Service Number: 10243
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt)
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
11 Kiln Brow , Cleator
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
10243
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1889
Place of Birth
Scalegill Place, Moor row, Egremont
Religion
CofE, St Leonards, Cleator
Address
11 Kiln Brow , Cleator
Residence (Census)
Fort Regent Jersey, Overseas Military,
Residence (Roll of Honour)
11 Kiln Brow , Cleator
Parents
William and Elizabeth Jane Nanson (nee Atkinson)
Siblings
Hannah, Jonah Thompson, Jane, mary Ellen Thompson, Dora Thompson, William, Adelaide
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
8th May 1915
Age at Death
27
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Second Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Panel 12.
Private Memorial: St Leonards Church WW1 memorial/Moor Row War Memorial
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