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Thomas William Coupland DOCHERTY

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Rank
Gunner
Regiment
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 251ST BRIGADE A BATTERY
Address
97, Westcott Street, Hull
Easington HU8 8LZ
England
Background

Gunner, Thomas William Coupland Docherty is also buried in Easington cemetery. Son of Thomas W. C. senior and Mary J Docherty of Easington and 97, Westcott Street, Hull (war Pension address). He served with 251st Northumberland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, a Territorial unit that suffered heavily at the Battle of the Aisne in May 1918. Poignantly, Thomas, a Military Medal recipient, eventually died of his wounds at home on November 11, 1918 - Armistice Day.

He is commemorated on the Easington WW1 memorial and buried in Easington Cemetery.

He is buried in Easington Cemetery, along with Lieutenant,  Frank W. Jennings who was not actually a resident of Easington, but is buried in the local cemetery due to his death having occurred here in March 1916. This followed "a fatal accident of a very unusual nature" as the Hull Daily Mail reported it. He was observing the attempted exploding of an unexploded mine that had washed ashore on Easington beach, only to be hit by shrapnel when the deed was completed. Without any memorial in his home on the Isle of Wight, Jennings' name was added to the Easington Memorial in 2015.

Date Died
11/11/1918
Died
Easington, Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Age
27
Memorial
1 Beck Lane
Easington HU12 0QE
England

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