Thomas A. Christian
Epithet: Soldier in the Cheshire Regiment
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Castletown
Biography: Thomas Arthur Christian was before the First World War employed at Dodds grocery shop in Castletown. He joined the Isle of Man Volunteers in December 1914, and was subsequently posted to the 1st/6th battalion Cheshire Regiment in France. He was killed in action on 1 November 1917, during the final stages of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). His body was not recovered after the war, and today he is remembered on the Tyne Cot memorial at Passchendaele. He was 21 years old when he was killed. (Image ref: PG/13743/16).
Gender: Male