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Thomas Roberts - marines

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Forename Thomas
Surname Roberts - marines
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan and Ince Cenotaphs
Age 28
Address 25 Shelmerdine Street (wife) & 12 Leyland Green Rd, North Ashton
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Gunner
Occupation or place of work Police Constable No 17 Wigan Borough Police Force and fireman
Regiment Royal Marines Artillery
Day of Death 1
Month of Death November
Year of Death 1914
Cause of Death Lost with HMS Good Hope of the coast of Chile
Place of Burial Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Regiment Number 10932
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Reservist with Royal Marines was on annual training in HMS Good Hope when war was declared and was retained. Left a wife and two children
Husband of Sarah and son of Thomas and Alice
Chief constable records
CWGC, Ancestry, WO 2/11/14