Thomas Lawton
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 33696. Private. 1 Cheshire R. (Regiment). Old S.S. (Sunday School) boy. Went to France Spring 1916. Family moved . B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) (Sidney Terr.) H.Q. 1st Ches R (1 Cheshire Regiment) B.E F. April 1917 Nov.1917 B. Co. 1 Cheshire R. B E.F. Wounded & gas poisoning Apr. 1918 10 Can. Stat. Hosp. (10 Canadian Stationary Hospital) Wounded July 1918 or Aug.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/10)
Lived at Woodbourne Cottage