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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Corporal 10337 Thomas George Howell EVERITT CdeG - 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps


Died Saturday 1st February 1919 aged 21

Grave for TG Everitt

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders Croix de Guerre, British War & Victory Medals Lillington (St. Mary Magdalene) Churchyard
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After April 1916 ~ Lillington  |  Lillington Mens Club
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Died of Wounds Received in Action March 1916 at Leamington ? ~
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Lord Derby Military Hospital, Warrington Pte 23547 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry  
     

Other Military Information

  • 27 Jul 1918 - Thomas was admitted to the 2/1st North Midland Field Ambulance, No. 2 Ambulance Train with gunshot wound of the upper extremities. He was Transferred to Sick Convoy on the same day.
  • 27 Aug 1918 - Casualty list shows he was entitled to wear Wounded Stripe on Uniform
  • 16 Nov 1918 - Casualty List shows Thomas as Wounded with Shell Shock
  • The Warwickshire Roll of Honour book states that Thomas was awarded the Belgium Croix de Guerre for "rescuing wounded men whilst under heavy machine gun fire in 1917".

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

We are not sure when and where Thomas received the wounds that led to his death in 1919 at the Lord Derby Military Hospital in Warrington.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Jan Qtr 1898 at Walworth, London  
   
Foster Parents Names Abode
Thomas and Mary Owen  39a Cubbington Road, Lillington     
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1898 - Walworth, London 1911 - Schoolboy
1901 - Bletchington Village, Oxon  
1911 - 47 Cubbington Road, Lillington  
1919 - 39a Cubbington Road, Lillington  
   
We believe that Thomas was born Thomas George Howell in Walworth, London and later became Thomas George Howell Everitt / Everett. In the 1901 and 1911 census returns he is listed as a Nurse Child which today means Foster Child
  • 1901 - Lived in Blechington with Charles and Mary Maltby
  • 1911 - Lived in Lillington with Thomas and Mary Owen
  • 1919 - His army pension record list next of kin as Mary Owen - Foster mother

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