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THOMAS CAMPBELL (TOM) STRAKER
Private, Tom Straker, 1st West Yorkshire Regiment
Private, Tom Straker, 1st West Yorkshire Regiment. He lived at 80 Nicholson Street, Hull
BORN NORTH FERRIBY 1898. KNOWN AS "TOM". SON OF GEORGE STRAKER & AMELIA CAMPBELL, AT 80, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A MOULDER, EMPLOYED BY THE BRITANNIA, OIL AND CAKE MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3.5 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS, AND 35 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/05/1916, AGED 17 AND 9 MONTHS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 10/10/1917. WOUNDED IN THE HEAD ON 20/11/1917. RETURNED TO HIS UNIT.
HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, AND PRESUMED DEAD ON 17/09/1918, AGED 20.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE & ST ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 19/09/1919. *
HIS BROTHER, ABLE SEAMAN, PERCY G.A. STRAKER, HMS 'INDOMITABLE' IS ALSO LISTED ON THE ON THE NICHOLSON STREET SHRINE, HULL
| Name | Tom Straker |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | North Ferriby, Hull |
| Death Date | 17 Sep 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 52334 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
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