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HENRY (HARRY) THACKERAY
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Rank
Private
Regiment
DUKE OF WELLINGTONS WEST RIDING REGIMENT 2ND BATTALION
Military Number
3/10022
Address
20 BANK FARM STREET, CROSS GREEN STREET, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
Cross Green LS9 0BX
England
Cross Green LS9 0BX
England
Background
BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST SON OF FRANK AND MARY ELLEN THACKERAY. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/10022, 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/11/1914, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRANK.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, FRANK THACKERY, 173671, MACHINE GUN CORPS, SURVIVED THE WAR.
Date Died
11/11/1914
Died
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age
19
Memorial
Menenstraat
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
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