Pte
William John Tomelty
Military Details
Service Number: 18631
Regiment & Unit / Ship
13th Northumberland Fusiliers
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Whitley Bay, Northumberland
Residence at Enlistment
Backworth - no address
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
13 th
Service Number at Enlistment
18631
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1889
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor. Cumberland.
Religion
R.C.
Residence (Census)
Earsdon Square, Northumberland.
Parents
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann Tomelty, nee Skelton. Marriage 1885 in Whitehaven, Cumberland .
Siblings
Sibling of Mary Ann Tomelty. Half sibling of Mary Jane Tomelty.
Married
Husband of Esther Tomelty, nee Wilson, Marriage 1911 Newcastle Registration District. Lived at 15 Ann Street, Shiremoor, Northumberland
Children
Father of Sarah A. and Charles W. Tomelty.
Remarriage of Widow
To Henry Teale, 1919, at Percy St. John's Church, Percy Main.
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Mine Hewer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
28th September 1915
Age at Death
28
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
France
Theater of Action
Western Front
Battle
Battle of Loos
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
13th
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
Baptised 13 November 1889, Cleator Moor. Cumberland.
Buried or Commemorated at
NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave Position: I. C. 44.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church Cleator WW1 Memorial , Backworth & District Roll of Honour; Statue 1914-18 Roadside, Shiremoor
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