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Name:

Thomas PHILLIPSON

Casualty No.:

296

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

22/1204

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Westgate, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

22nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (3rd Tyneside Scottish).

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Emmaville, West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

16 Emmaville, West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Stoneman at Emma Colliery.

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Wednesday 12th July 1916

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Emma Colliery Memorial, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Heilly Station Cemetary, Mericourt-Abbe, Somme, France II.B.11

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Husband of Mrs Phillipson, of 16 Emmaville, West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Thomas was Married with two children.

Notes :

J R Phillipson, also of the same address, was employed as a putter at Emma Colliery. He was a single man and had enlisted in the Territorials on 27th July 1914. He returned from the war on 10th February 1919.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War. Emma Colliery Personnel Records at Durham County Records Office and Tyne and Wear Archives Service

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